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WARNING COLORATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does warning coloration mean?
• WARNING COLORATION (noun)
The noun WARNING COLORATION has 1 sense:
1. conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators
Familiarity information: WARNING COLORATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
aposematic coloration; warning coloration
Context example:
a skunk's aposematic coloration
Hypernyms ("warning coloration" is a kind of...):
protective coloration (coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators)
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