Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "protective coloration" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF PROTECTIVE COLORATION

protective coloration play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROTECTIVE COLORATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Protective coloration 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 PROTECTIVE COLORATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

protective coloration

Camouflage

Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier, and the leaf-mimic katydid's wings. A third approach, motion dazzle, confuses the observer with a conspicuous pattern, making the object visible but momentarily harder to locate. The majority of camouflage methods aim for crypsis, often through a general resemblance to the background, high contrast disruptive coloration, eliminating shadow, and countershading. In the open ocean, where there is no background, the principal methods of camouflage are transparency, silvering, and countershading, while the ability to produce light is among other things used for counter-illumination on the undersides of cephalopods such as squid. Some animals, such as chameleons and octopuses, are capable of actively changing their skin pattern and colours, whether for camouflage or for signalling. Military camouflage was spurred by the increasing range and accuracy of firearms in the 19th century.

Definition of protective coloration in the English dictionary

The definition of protective coloration in the dictionary is the coloration of an animal that enables it to blend with its surroundings and therefore escape the attention of predators.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROTECTIVE COLORATION

protectingly
protection
protection factor
protection money
protection order
protection racket
protection ratio
protectionism
protectionist
protective
protective custody
protective tariff
protectively
protectiveness
protector
protectoral
protectorate
protectorial
protectories
protectorless

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROTECTIVE COLORATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of protective coloration in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «protective coloration» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF PROTECTIVE COLORATION

Find out the translation of protective coloration to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of protective coloration from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «protective coloration» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

保护色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coloración protectora
570 millions of speakers

English

protective coloration
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुरक्षात्मक रंगाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلوين واقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

защитная окраска
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coloração protetora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিরক্ষামূলক রঙিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coloration de protection
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Warna pelindung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schutzfärbung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

保護色
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보호색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Werna pelindung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu sắc bảo vệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாதுகாப்பு வண்ணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संरक्षणात्मक रंगकाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Koruyucu renk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colorazione protettiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

barwy ochronne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

захисне забарвлення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colorație de protecție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προστατευτικό χρωματισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beskermende kleur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skyddande coloration
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beskyttende farge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of protective coloration

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTECTIVE COLORATION»

The term «protective coloration» is used very little and occupies the 156.486 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Rarely used
27
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «protective coloration» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of protective coloration
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «protective coloration».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTECTIVE COLORATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «protective coloration» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «protective coloration» 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 protective coloration

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROTECTIVE COLORATION»

Discover the use of protective coloration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to protective coloration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Protective coloration and mimicry: nature's camouflage
Describes the natural protective features of various plants, animals, and insects and explains how these characteristics help each to survive.
Roger A. Caras, 1972
2
Trying to Say it: Outlook and Insights on how Poems Happen
Are the new poems giving up some of that protective coloration you mentioned earlier in the conversation? That is, in what you now choose to let in to them? When I was speaking of protective coloration I was thinking of the fact that I lead ...
Philip Booth, 1996
3
Developing Animals: Wildlife and Early American Photography
For a description of the reception of Thayer's work by the scientific community and its place within larger debates on evolution and animal coloration, see Kingsland, “Abbott Thayer and the Protective Coloration Debate,” 223–44. Thayer's ...
Matthew Brower, 2011
4
Kaplan New York City Specialized High Schools Admissions Test
Passage III is a science passage about the camouflage animals use to protect themselves from predators, called “protective coloration.” Paragraph 1 describes a couple of different types of protective coloration—cryptic resemblance and ...
Darcy L. Galane, Kaplan, 2008
5
Concealing Coloration in Animals
different forms of protective coloration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 1457464. Stevens, M., and I. C. Cuthill. 2006. Disruptive coloration, crypsis and edge detection in early visual processing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273: ...
Judy Diamond, 2013
6
New Scientist
Protective coloration in insects The naturalists interpretation of mimicry in the markings of animals — that its function is to deceive or repel predators — has been criticised. Some recent experiments to test the force of the objections are ...
7
A Little Corner of Freedom: Russian Nature Protection from ...
In their efforts to engineer a merger with the Green Plantings Society, the new leaders of VOOP were still employing the politics of protective coloration. Stalin's "Plan for the Great Transformation of Nature" was still a watchword in June 1953,  ...
Douglas R. Weiner, 1999
8
Biophysical Ecology
Many animal surfaces of brown, gray, or mottled appearance are examples of protective coloration but may also include white or black against backgrounds or substrates of similar coloration. The green adaptive coloration of the preying mantis ...
David M. Gates, 2012
9
Handbook of Lizards: Lizards of the United States and of Canada
Klauber minimizes the importance of the theory of thermostatic coloration compared with that of protective coloration, concluding that the solution is not at all in a difference in thermostatic adaptation but rather in concealing coloration. " In some ...
Hobart Muir Smith, 1995
10
African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of ...
I am not speaking of the general theory of protective coloration. I am speaking of certain phases thereof as to which I have made observations at first-hand. I have studied the facts as regards big game and certain other animals, and I am ...
Theodore Roosevelt, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROTECTIVE COLORATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term protective coloration is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The real Atticus Finch
... dilemma and we were tempted to take on the protective coloration of the landscape, there was a small voice that kept asking: "But what would Cliff Durr think?". «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
2
Got a way to beat the heat without AC? Please share
You would think that, after enduring several decades' worth of Texas summers, the human body would adapt itself, like insects with protective coloration or goats ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
3
Bird eggs are an amazing feat
The open nest demands protective coloration for the eggs. Middle: We're looking down at 22 wood duck eggs in a nesting box. The eggs are unmarked. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Paul Greenberg: Hillary's scary ghost tales
... same accusations of Voter Suppression against his Republican opponents, he was able to get away with it easier, maybe because of his protective coloration, ... «NewsOK.com, Jun 15»
5
Montana's State Insect, The Mourning Cloak Butterfly
This protective coloration also allows them to bask in direct sunlight, which is important to butterflies like the mourning cloak that live in cold, mountainous areas, ... «MTPR, May 15»
6
The Deal Seeker Shops for Grads: Our Exclusive Deals
My 16-year-old daughter is about to complete another year of school. She has endured the morning commute, mastered the protective coloration required to ... «Yahoo Tech, May 15»
7
Experts: Leave fawns alone if found
“The presence of the doe nearby would attract predators because the doe lacks the protective coloration of the fawn, and the older and larger doe has a much ... «Berkeley Independent, Apr 15»
8
Obama Is Not Hitler
In addition, the added element that makes Obama's recipe a captivating witches' brew is the protective coloration that the president gives to jihadist terrorists ... «American Thinker, Mar 15»
9
What the raging gets right
In a world where fewer women can rely on men, some will themselves take on the protective coloration of exaggerated male characteristics — blustering, cursing ... «National Review Online, Feb 15»
10
SLAs, KPIs And Other Corporate Nonsense
The jargon is protective coloration. You were a kid on the playground. You know that bullies are fearful people. You know that kids who show off and try to make ... «Forbes, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Protective coloration [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/protective-coloration>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z