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WARNING COLORATION

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• WARNING COLORATION (noun)
The noun WARNING COLORATION has 1 sense:

1. conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators

Familiarity information: WARNING COLORATION used as a noun is very rare.

• WARNING COLORATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

aposematic coloration; warning coloration

Context example:

a skunk's aposematic coloration

Hypernyms ("warning coloration" is a kind of...):

protective coloration (coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators)

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"He who lives fast goes straight to his death."
(Corsican proverb)

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