overmarkingn.
/ˌəʊvəˈmɑːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmɑrkɪŋ/ The action of overmark v.
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1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports ii. i. vi. §7. 336 Overmarking is the effect produced upon the horse constitutionally, as well as locally upon the legs, by overwork and overfeeding.
1966 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 3 378 On detailed maps, such areas could be shown by over-marking.
1976 Current Anthropol. 17 276/1 Significantly it was published without the zigzag overmarking since this was considered distracting and meaningless.
1992 Amer. Naturalist 139 Suppl. 80 Overmarking, in which an animal deposits its own scent on top of the scent marks of conspecific, is common among mammals.
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