coloration

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Even among "other species with short little arms and a single sucker row, its colouration and smooth skin on the back surface separate it", she added.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Despite the often well-understood ecological drivers that favour the presence or absence of melanin in the wings of these lepidopterans, the genetic and developmental basis of changes in colouration has remained unclear.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2024

Some patients might notice some brownish skin colouration near the site of injection in the breast tissue, but this fades with time.

From BBC • May 16, 2022

"This is purely a criminal conduct and should not be given any ethnic or religious colouration," he said.

From Reuters • Aug. 15, 2021

There is, finally, no reason to suppose that the imprisoned helium would exhibit such a colouration, or, indeed, any at all.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John