cryptic coloration

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   coloring that conceals or disguises an animal's shape

   Broaderprotective coloration

Questions about cryptic coloration

What does cryptic coloration mean?

cryptic coloration means "coloring that conceals or disguises an animal's shape".

Is cryptic coloration a common word?

cryptic 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.