protective coloration

English Thesaurus

1. coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	coloration, colouration,
definition	:	appearance with regard to color (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	aposematic coloration, warning coloration,
definition	:	conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	apatetic coloration,
definition	:	coloring serving as natural camouflage (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	cryptic coloration,
definition	:	coloring that conceals or disguises an animal's shape (noun.attribute)

domain category	:	zoological science, zoology,
definition	:	the branch of biology that studies animals (noun.cognition)