CRYPTIC COLORATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptic coloration mean? 

• CRYPTIC COLORATION (noun)
  The noun CRYPTIC COLORATION has 1 sense:

1. coloring that conceals or disguises an animal's shape

  Familiarity information: CRYPTIC COLORATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYPTIC COLORATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coloring that conceals or disguises an animal's shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("cryptic coloration" is a kind of...):

protective coloration (coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators)