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counterillumination

noun

Etymology

From counter- + illumination.

  1. derived from illumino
  2. derived from illuminatio
  3. borrowed from illumination
  4. prefixed as counterillumination — “counter + illumination”

Definitions

  1. A behaviour, found in some cephalopods etc., in which bioluminescence is used to provide…

    A behaviour, found in some cephalopods etc., in which bioluminescence is used to provide camouflage when viewed from below.

The neighborhood

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