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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

counterilluminate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English illuminate English counterilluminate From counter- + illuminate.

Meanings

  1. (of a fish) To use photophores on the underside of the body so as to hide a dark silhouette that would otherwise be seen from below by predators

Forms

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counterilluminates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
counterilluminated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
counterilluminated Tense=Past lexicographic
counterilluminating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic