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    WARNING COLORATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predatorsplay

    Example:

    a skunk's aposematic coloration

    Synonyms:

    aposematic coloration; warning coloration

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("warning coloration" is a kind of...):

    protective coloration (coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators)

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