crypsis
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈkɹɪpsɪs/
Definition of crypsis
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)The ability of an organism to avoid observation.
“Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Probably directly from Ancient Greek κρύψις (krúpsis, “hiding, concealment”); compare Latin crypsis. Doublet of krypsis.
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