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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMOCHROMY

homochromy  [hɒˈmɒkrəmɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMOCHROMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homochromy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOMOCHROMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of homochromy in the English dictionary

The definition of homochromy in the dictionary is a form of camouflage or protective colouring in animals that makes an individual visually become part of the whole group or landscape.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMOCHROMY


academy
əˈkædəmɪ
Akademi
əˈkɑːdəmɪ
alchemy
ˈælkəmɪ
anatomy
əˈnætəmɪ
astronomy
əˈstrɒnəmɪ
autonomy
ɔːˈtɒnəmɪ
Bellamy
ˈbɛləmɪ
economy
ɪˈkɒnəmɪ
enemy
ˈɛnəmɪ
epitome
ɪˈpɪtəmɪ
gastronomy
ɡæsˈtrɒnəmɪ
gourami
ˈɡʊərəmɪ
hysterectomy
ˌhɪstəˈrɛktəmɪ
lampadedromy
ˌlæmpəˈdedrəmɪ
loxodromy
lɒkˈsɒdrəmɪ
Naomi
ˈneɪəmɪ
orthodromy
ˈɔːθədrəmɪ
sesame
ˈsɛsəmɪ
taxonomy
tækˈsɒnəmɪ
vasectomy
væˈsɛktəmɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMOCHROMY

homoblastic
homocentric
homocentrically
homocercal
homocercy
homochlamydeous
homochromatic
homochromatism
homochromous
homocyclic
homocysteine
homodont
homodyne
homoeomeric
homoeomerous
homoeomery
homoeomorph
homoeomorphic
homoeomorphism
homoeomorphous

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMOCHROMY

agronomy
chromy
Deuteronomy
domy
free-market economy
gloomy
heliochromy
homy
lithochromy
mastectomy
monochromy
ostomy
photochromy
political economy
polychromy
roomy
sodomy
stenochromy
stereochromy
thermochromy

Synonyms and antonyms of homochromy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homochromy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMOCHROMY

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The translations of homochromy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homochromy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homochromy
570 millions of speakers

English

homochromy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

homochromy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

homochromy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

homochromy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homochromy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

homochromy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homochromie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homokromi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

homochromy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

同色性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

homochromy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homokrom
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

homochromy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

homochromy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होमोक्रोमॅमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

homochromy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

homochromy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

homochromy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

homochromy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

homochromy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

homochromy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

homochromy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homochromy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homochromy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homochromy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOCHROMY»

The term «homochromy» is used very little and occupies the 186.300 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOCHROMY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «homochromy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «homochromy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homochromy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMOCHROMY»

Discover the use of homochromy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homochromy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants
chapter. ten. Insect. mimicry. and. homochromy. in. relation. to. plants. When I was in Thailand in the 1970s looking at the cabbages cultivated around Bangkok, I was fascinated by the extraordinary variation of color of the caterpillars of the ...
Pierre Jolivet, 1998
2
Advances in Insect Physiology: Locust Phase Polyphenism: An ...
Late-instar hoppers of L. migratoria show all three kinds of colour polyphenism, namely, phase colour polyphenism, green-brown colour polyphenism and homochromy (see Section 7.1) hierarchically superimposed upon one another ( Fig. 1A).
‎2009
3
Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
A mimic's imitation of a model's emitted odors; contrasted with homochromy, homoelectry, homokinemy, homomorphy, homophony, homophoty, homothermy, and homotopy (Pasteur 1982, 170). Comments: For homochemy, homochromy, etc., ...
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
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The Insects: Structure and Function
An extreme example of homochromy occurs in African grasshoppers after bush fires. Many species become black within a few days of the fire, the change occurring in adults as well as larvae, but only in bright sunlight. In diffuse light the  ...
R. F. Chapman, Stephen J. Simpson, Angela E. Douglas, 2012
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Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey ...
Organisms with uniform homochromy appear three-dimensional because of light and shadow. Countershading makes a three-dimensional object appear flat. If the surface toward the incident light is darker than the surface usually in shadow,  ...
David L. Evans, Justin O. Schmidt, 1990
6
The Biology of Squat Lobsters
A) Lauriea siagani, a symbiotic species showing homochromy with host sponges from the Indo-West Pacific (photo: Vincent Chalias). B) Munida cf. pauxilla, a species putatively associated with corals (photo: Arthur Anker). C) Allogalathea sp.
Gary Poore, Shane Ahyong, Joanne Taylor, 2011
7
Unity in Diversity: Reflections on Ecology after the Legacy ...
... or internal shell Microcarnivore Sedimentivore Repellent secretions Of alcyonaria Mimicry Frond cutters Filter-feeders One generation homochromy Outer shell Of sponges Own Spicules Of ascidians Ectoparasites Pelagic Size Pseudoshell ...
Fernando Valladares, Antonio Camacho, Arturo Elosegi, Carlos Gracia, Marta Estrada, Joan Carles Senar y Josep-María Gili, 2008
8
Darwinism's Struggle for Survival: Heredity and the ...
All these facts, together with a number of others, led inexorably to the conclusion that this was a genuine case of 'mimicry' - a special kind of adaptation, similar to homochromy. 'I believe, therefore, that the specific mimetic analogies exhibited ...
Jean Gayon, 1998
9
Ecological Entomology
These are (1) homochromy, (2) counter shading, and (3) disruptive coloration. In most cases the camouflaged insect feeds at night. During the day it remains motionless, thus avoiding detection by visually hunting predators, movement being ...
Carl B. Huffaker, Andrew Paul Gutierrez, 1999
10
Advances in Insect Physiology APL
Subsequent to F aure's work, it has been found that homochromy to blue is impossible, at least among the Oedipodinae. Ergene (l952a, 1955b) has claimed homochromy to green and violet backgrounds in Oedaleus and Acrida, but this needs ...
J. W. L. Beament, J. E. Treherne, Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, 1971

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMOCHROMY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homochromy is used in the context of the following news items.
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These sea snails mimic cowrie shells with their soft body, which can …
The phenomenon is known as alimentary homochromy, and it's one of the most effective examples of camouflage seen in marine invertebrates. «Australian Geographic, Apr 14»
2
Happy Halloween: Nature's remarkable camouflage costumes
It gets its camouflaged color pattern through a process called alimentary homochromy whereby the animals obtain the same color as the host ... «EarthSky, Oct 12»

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