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crittercam

crittercam noun: a package of instruments, including a camera, that can be attached to an animal to study its behavior in the wild.

Noun

crittercam (plural crittercams)

  1. (colloquial) A package of instruments, including a camera, that can be attached to an animal to study its behavior in the wild.
    • Studies with crittercams provide a visual record of everything that a marine mammal sees. For example, crittercams have revealed Wedell seals flushing prey from crevices in the ice.2005, Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, Kit M. Kovacs, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, page 8
    • Sophisticated shark tagging techniques and ‘crittercams’ attached to the animals have also explained a great deal about their behaviour.2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, volume 34, number 15

Forms of crittercam

pluralcrittercams

Origin of crittercam

From critter + cam.

Questions about crittercam

What does crittercam mean?
Crittercam means a package of instruments, including a camera, that can be attached to an animal to study its behavior in the wild.
What part of speech is crittercam?
Crittercam is a noun.
What is the plural of crittercam?
The plural of crittercam is crittercams.

Words near crittercam in the dictionary

  1. Crittenden County
  2. Crittendens
  3. Crittendon
  4. Crittendons
  5. critter
  6. crittercam
  7. crittercams
  8. critterproof
  9. critters
  10. critting
  11. critting out

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