Word info

countershaded

Adjective

Meaning

countershaded (not comparable)

Having countershading

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Camouflage is a soft-tissue feature that is rarely preserved in the fossil record, but rare fossilised skin samples from the Cretaceous period show that some marine reptiles were countershaded. Source: Internet

Self-shadowing makes an animal appear darker below than on top, grading from light to dark; countershading 'paints in' tones which are darkest on top, lightest below, making the countershaded animal nearly invisible against a suitable background. Source: Internet

In aerial photographs, the countershaded gun was essentially invisible. Source: Internet

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