English Explanatory Dictionary

obliterative coloration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The coloration of an animal that makes it blend into the background; camouflage.

Word forms

obliterative coloration obliterative colouration

Etymology

Coined by American artist Gerald Handerson Thayer

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