active photolocation

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active photolocation (uncountable)

  1. (ichthyology) The use of light originating from the organism to illuminate the visual field to see into the field of vision.

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  • diurnal active photolocation (the use daylight for phosphorescence, fluorescence, reflection, that then illuminates the visual field, for vision, instead-of/in-addition-to daylight itself illuminating the field of view)

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