protective coloration

NOUN
  1. coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators
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How To Use protective coloration In A Sentence

  • As far as Poulton was concerned, the fact that many animals possessed protective coloration proved the effectiveness of natural selection.
  • The camoufleur, as the camouflage artist was called, speedily extended his activities to screens over highways, preventing airmen from seeing troops in motion, to the protective coloration of lookout posts, and of other necessary factors along the fighting front. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War
  • As far as Poulton was concerned, the fact that many animals possessed protective coloration proved the effectiveness of natural selection.
  • The snail's protective coloration and small size make it hard to find in soil substitutes - bark, peat moss, cinder, or pieces of coconut husk, called coir - used to fill greenhouse pots.
  • Even if you shed your red suspenders and adopted protective coloration, you were easily identifiable as a trainee.
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