保護色

Chinese

 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (保護色) 保護
simp. (保护色) 保护

Pronunciation


Noun

保護色

  1. (biology) camouflage (resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection)
  2. (figurative) disguise

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 5
しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょく [hògóꜜshòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɡo̞ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

()()(しょく) • (hogoshoku) ほごしよく (fogosyoku)?

  1. color or pattern that aids in camouflage; camouflage

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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