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anticryptic
anticryptic, a. Zool. (æntɪˈkrɪptɪk) [f. anti-1 3 c + cryptic a. 3.] Applied to markings or coloration serving for concealment to the disadvantage of some other animal: distinguished from procryptic a.1890 E. B. Poulton Colours Anim. xvii. 336 Protective and Aggressive Resemblances are classed as Cr... Oxford English Dictionary
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cryptic
cryptic, a. (n.) (ˈkrɪptɪk) Also 7 -ique, 7–8 -ick, 7–8 criptic(k. [ad. L. cryptic-us, a. Gr. κρυπτικός fit for concealing, f. κρυπτός hidden; in sense 2, f. crypt + -ic.] A. adj. 1. a. Hidden, secret, occult, mystical. cryptic syllogism, a syllogism of which the premises are not fully or explicitly... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Colours of Animals
The Greek derived category names include the now widely used aposematic and cryptic, alongside such epithets as "apatetic", "procryptic", "anticryptic" wikipedia.org
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pseudo-
pseudo- (sjuːdəʊ, formerly also ps-) before a vowel usually pseud-, repr. the Gr. combining element ψευδο-, ψευδ-, ‘false, falsely’, from stem of ψευδ-ής adj. false, ψεῦδ-ος falsity, falsehood, ψεύδ-ειν to deceive, cheat, ψεύδ-εσθαι to be false, speak falsely. Forming in Greek many compounds; with n... Oxford English Dictionary
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