MIMICRY
\mˈɪmɪkɹi], \mˈɪmɪkɹi], \m_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_k_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of MIMICRY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
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the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
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the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators
By Princeton University
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the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
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the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis; mimetism.
By Oddity Software
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Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis; mimetism.
By Noah Webster.
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The practice of one who imitates; ridiculous imitation for sport or for the purpose of making fun of another; close outward likeness; as, certain insects are saved from destruction by their mimicry of the twigs or leaves on which they rest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
