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# coloration

«coloration» in Mova's school dictionary: **the pattern and colours on an animal or plant** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (coloration — mostly uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Coloration is the pattern and colours on an animal or plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coloration/#m1)

2) (formal) Coloration can mean the general colour of something, or the way something is coloured. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coloration/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on adaptation and camouflage: warning coloration (bright colours on poisonous animals) and camouflage coloration; it tells the reader how an animal's colours help it survive.

### examples

- The tiger's striped coloration hides it in long grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coloration/#x1)
- Bright warning coloration tells birds that the frog is poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coloration/#x2)
- The bird's coloration changes in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coloration/#x3)
- Scientists studied the coloration of the butterfly wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coloration/#x4)
- Some animals use coloration to attract a mate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coloration/#x5)

### note

US spelling «coloration»; UK sometimes «colouration». Formal, scientific word. Mostly uncountable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coloration» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coloration/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.