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anticryptic

anticryptic adjective: of or pertaining to camouflage used by a predator to provide stealth, as opposed to camouflage used by prey to hide.

Adjective

anticryptic (comparative more anticryptic, superlative most anticryptic)

  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.

Forms of anticryptic

comparativemore anticryptic
superlativemost anticryptic

Origin of anticryptic

From anti- + cryptic.

Questions about anticryptic

What does anticryptic mean?
Anticryptic means of or pertaining to camouflage used by a predator to provide stealth, as opposed to camouflage used by prey to hide.
What part of speech is anticryptic?
Anticryptic is an adjective.

Words near anticryptic in the dictionary

  1. anticrotalic
  2. anticrowd
  3. anticrowding
  4. anticruelty
  5. anticruising
  6. anticryptic
  7. anticryptococcal
  8. anticryptogamic
  9. anticryptography
  10. anticryptosporidial
  11. anticrystal

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