anticrypticadj.

/æntɪˈkrɪptɪk/

Etymology: < anti- prefix¹ 2a(c) + cryptic adj. 5.

Zool.

Applied to markings or coloration serving for concealment to the disadvantage of some other animal: distinguished from procryptic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > protectively concealing > to disadvantage of others

anticryptic1890

1890 E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xvii. 336 Protective and Aggressive Resemblances are classed as Cryptic Colours (Procryptic and Anticryptic).

1890 E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xvii. 337 Pseudepisematic colours..are special instances of Anticryptic colours.

1960 I. F. Henderson & W. D. Henderson Dict. Sci. Terms (ed. 7) 33/2.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	anticryptic
释义	anticrypticadj. /æntɪˈkrɪptɪk/ Etymology: < anti- prefix¹ 2a(c) + cryptic adj. 5. Zool. Applied to markings or coloration serving for concealment to the disadvantage of some other animal: distinguished from procryptic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > protectively concealing > to disadvantage of others anticryptic1890 1890 E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xvii. 336 Protective and Aggressive Resemblances are classed as Cryptic Colours (Procryptic and Anticryptic). 1890 E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xvii. 337 Pseudepisematic colours..are special instances of Anticryptic colours. 1960 I. F. Henderson & W. D. Henderson Dict. Sci. Terms (ed. 7) 33/2. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.1890
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