protective coloring
Example Sentences
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That requirement has been dropped, and the recruiters look for a young man who has, besides the necessary venality, some protective coloring.
From Time Magazine Archive
In most places Coke has blended into the local scene as if the brown-green of its bottles and the fire-brigade red of its advertising were some kind of protective coloring.
From Time Magazine Archive
For youngsters, moreover, the protective coloring can have its uses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only alternative is the neo-Darwinist conclusion that the insects which happen to have the most protective coloring will live longest and pass on their advantages to large numbers of offspring.
From Time Magazine Archive
These latter are a strange tropical family four hundred strong, and all the very essence of protective coloring.
From Jungle Peace by William Beebe
