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  2. Crypsis - Wikipedia

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    Methods include camouflage, nocturnality, subterranean lifestyle and mimicry. Crypsis can involve visual, olfactory (with pheromones) or auditory concealment. When it is visual, the term cryptic coloration, effectively a synonym for animal camouflage, is sometimes used, but many different methods of camouflage are employed in nature.

  3. Camouflage - Wikipedia

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    Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, ...

  4. List of camouflage methods - Wikipedia

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    Camouflage is the concealment of animals or objects of military interest by any combination of methods that helps them to remain unnoticed. This includes the use of high-contrast disruptive patterns as used on military uniforms , but anything that delays recognition can be used as camouflage.

  5. An owl’s ‘shocking’ color should hinder hunting. Scientists ...

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    Camouflage is often considered a daytime phenomenon based on light and shade. Negro said that there are likely other forms of animal coloration that served as nighttime camouflage, which has not ...

  6. White - Wikipedia

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    The antonym of white is black. ... meaning a color without hue. ... again as camouflage. The dove is an international symbol of peace.

  7. Aggressive mimicry - Wikipedia

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    The distinction between aggressive mimicry and predator camouflage depends on the signal given to the prey, not easily determined. Aggressive mimicry is a form of mimicry in which predators, parasites, or parasitoids share similar signals, using a harmless model, allowing them to avoid being correctly identified by their prey or host.

  8. Military camouflage - Wikipedia

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    Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by an armed force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. In practice, this means applying colour and materials to military equipment of all kinds, including vehicles, ships, aircraft, gun positions and battledress, either to conceal it from observation (), or to make it appear as something else ().

  9. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.