dichromatism
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dichromatism
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From di- + chromatism.
noun dichromatisms
- The condition of being dichromatic
- A form of colourblindness in which only two of the three primary colours can be distinguished
- The condition when male and female birds have different plumage colors. There long had been a bias among researchers to think of the evolution of sexual dichromatism as driven by changes in male coloration.
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title = {dichromatism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-07}
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