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Meaning of counterilluminate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To use photophores on the underside of the body so as to hide a dark silhouette that would otherwise be seen from below by predators

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

counterilluminated counterilluminates counterilluminating counterimitate counterimitated counterimitates