dichromatism
Noun
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Noun
dichromatism
- The condition of being dichromatic
- (pathology) A form of colourblindness in which only two of the three primary colours can be distinguished
- (biology) The condition when male and female birds have different plumage colors.
- 2010, Geoffrey E. Hill, Geoffrey Edward Hill, National Geographic Bird Coloration ↗
- There long had been a bias among researchers to think of the evolution of sexual dichromatism as driven by changes in male coloration.
- 2010, Geoffrey E. Hill, Geoffrey Edward Hill, National Geographic Bird Coloration ↗
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