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APOSEMATIC COLORATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators
Example:
a skunk's aposematic coloration
Synonyms:
aposematic coloration; warning coloration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("aposematic coloration" is a kind of...):
protective coloration (coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators)
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