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Dichromatism
Di-chro′ma-tism
,Noun.
The state of being dichromatic.
Definition 2024
dichromatism
dichromatism
English
Noun
dichromatism (countable and uncountable, plural dichromatisms)
- 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