English Explanatory Dictionary

counterillumination

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A behaviour, found in some cephalopods etc., in which bioluminescence is used to provide camouflage when viewed from below.

Word forms

counterillumination

Etymology

From counter- + illumination.

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