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counterilluminate

Verb

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counterilluminate (third-person singular simple present counterilluminates, present participle counterilluminating, simple past and past participle counterilluminated)

(of a fish) To use photophores on the underside of the body so as to hide a dark silhouette that would otherwise be seen from below by predators

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