Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/24/2014 - 20:14
definition:
Protective coloration used by some animals in which parts normally in shadow are light and those exposed to the sky are dark
sentence:
Because countershading is thought to aid in concealment by reducing shadow in well-lit environments, the hypothesis is partially supported despite no significant associations with other open environments.
The countershading of their body is a protective camouflage.
difficulty:
hard
toefl frequency:
1
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