Anticryptic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to camouflage used by a predator to provide stealth, as opposed to camouflage used by prey to hide.

    "Without the anticryptic benefit of their spots, leopards would go hungry."

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"Without the anticryptic benefit of their spots, leopards would go hungry."

Etymology

From anti- + cryptic.

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