Значение слова "COUNTERSHADING" найдено в 8 источниках

COUNTERSHADING

countershading: translation

condition of fish in the water column that are dark-colored on top but light-colored on the bottom. The effect is to obscure the image of the fish to predators by blending with the dark sea floor when viewed from above, the light sky when viewed from below, and with the general diffused pattern of light when viewed from the side

найдено в "Dictionary of invertebrate zoology"

countershading: translation

n. [L. contra, against; A.S. sceadu, shade]

In camouflaging, an animal being dark dorsally and pale ventrally and therefore appearing evenly colored and inconspicuous.

найдено в "Новом большом англо-русском словаре под общим руководством акад. Ю.Д. Апресяна"

{ʹkaʋntə͵ʃeıdıŋ} n зоол.

защитная окраска

найдено в "Новом большом англо-русском словаре"

[ʹkaʋntə͵ʃeıdıŋ] n зоол.

защитная окраска

найдено в "Новом большом англо-русском словаре"

countershading
[ʹkaʋntə͵ʃeıdıŋ] n зоол.
защитная окраска