| 单词 | colour phase |
| 释义 | > as lemmascolour phase colour phase n. each of two or more forms of a mammal, bird, or other animal distinguished solely by coloration; cf. phase n.2 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > cryptic or protective coloration > genetic or seasonal variation colour phase1881 1881 R. Ridgway Let. 6 Apr. in Forest & Stream 14 Apr. 206/2 It has been considered by various writers to be a dark or melanistic phase of B. brachyurus, but in this view I cannot concur, no specimens among the many which I have examined, indicating that any light color-phase exists. 1927 C. Elton Animal Ecol. xii. 182 The arctic fox possesses two colour phases, one of which is brown in summer and white in winter, while the other is grey..and ‘blue’. 2003 Backwoods Home Mag. Nov.–Dec. 10/3 In years past, the other-than-black color phase was called a ‘Cinnamon Bear’, as if it was another species. But now it is commonly known that a cinnamon colored bear is just a rust-colored black bear. < as lemmas |
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