recognition mark
Zoology
noun
A conspicuous patch of colour on an animal or bird which serves as a means by which others of the same species may recognize it (either as a conspecific, or as an individual).
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Alfred Wallace (1823–1913), naturalist, evolutionary theorist, and social critic.
- channa
- channel
- channel cat
- channel catfish
- Channel Country
- channel-graze
- channel-grazer
- channel-hop
- channel-hopper
- channelise
- Channel Islands
- channelize
- channeller
- channel-surf
- channel-surfer
- channel-surfing
- Channel Tunnel
- channel zapper
- chanson
- chanson de geste
- chant
- chantage
- chanter
- chanterelle
- chanteuse