aposematic coloration

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

   “a skunk's aposematic coloration”

   Synonymswarning coloration

   Broaderprotective coloration

Questions about aposematic coloration

What does aposematic coloration mean?

aposematic coloration means "conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators".

What is another word for aposematic coloration?

Close synonyms include warning coloration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aposematic coloration a common word?

aposematic coloration is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.