counterilluminate (English, verb)
expansion: counterilluminate (third-person singular simple present counterilluminates, present participle counterilluminating, simple past and past participle counterilluminated)
Senses:
glosses: 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
raw_tags: of a fish
Forms:
form: counterilluminates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: counterilluminating
tags: participle
present
form: counterilluminated
tags: participle
past
form: counterilluminated
tags: past