English Explanatory Dictionary

counterilluminate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To use photophores on the underside of the body so as to hide a dark silhouette that would otherwise be seen from below by predators

Word forms

counterilluminate counterilluminates counterilluminating counterilluminated

Etymology

From counter- + illuminate.

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