active photolocation
English edit
Noun edit
active photolocation (uncountable)
- (ichthyology) The use of light originating from the organism to illuminate the visual field to see into the field of vision.
Hyponyms edit
- 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)