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- noun biology A behaviour, found in some
cephalopods etc., in whichbioluminescence is used to providecamouflage when viewed from below.
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The UW-Madison researchers have been intrigued by the light organ's "counterillumination" ability - this capacity to give off light to make squids as bright as the ocean surface above them, so that predators below can't see them.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The photophores also create a camouflage known as counterillumination.
MotherJones.com 2010
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The photophores also create a camouflage known as counterillumination.
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The UW-Madison researchers have been intrigued by the light organ’s “counterillumination” ability — this capacity to give off light to make squids as bright as the ocean surface above them, so that predators below can’t see them.
Squid ‘Sight’ Offers Insight Into Treating Human Eye Diseases | Impact Lab 2009
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