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crittercam

noun

Etymology

From critter + cam.

  1. derived from *(s)kambo-✻
  2. derived from *kambos✻
  3. derived from Granta
  4. compounded as crittercam — “critter + cam”

Definitions

  1. A package of instruments, including a camera, that can be attached to an animal to study…

    A package of instruments, including a camera, that can be attached to an animal to study its behavior in the wild.

    • Studies with crittercams provide a visual record of everything that a marine mammal sees. For example, crittercams have revealed Wedell seals flushing prey from crevices in the ice.
    • Sophisticated shark tagging techniques and ‘crittercams’ attached to the animals have also explained a great deal about their behaviour.

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