mimicry
Origin of mimicry
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How to use mimicry in a sentence
The noises of life—both annoying and pleasant—have been represented through mimicry or abstraction in all music cultures.
We use mimicry, we stage situations and some people even draw what they want to say to achieve a clear understanding.
They sometimes have to resort to words because their mimicry sometimes failed them.
Though scientists are keen to explore whether such lab-created mimicry can be pushed further, the 14-day rule stands in the way.
Scientists plan to drop the 14-day embryo rule, a key limit on stem cell research | Antonio Regalado | March 16, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe flock mimicry may not be about wooing a female, but deceiving her into believing a predator is nearby, Dalziell says.
A single male lyrebird can mimic the sound of an entire flock | Jake Buehler | February 25, 2021 | Science News
mimicry is an ingenious survival technique, albeit one that is of little use against bulldozers and chainsaws.
But this was an element of Jeff that I understood; his mimicry and his retention for music and melody.
‘Greetings From Tim Buckley’: Penn Badgley on Playing Late Musician Jeff Buckley | Richard Porton | April 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe were speaking of the faculty of mimicry, and he told me such a funny little anecdote about Chopin.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayCaroline, during this time, is busy with an alarming piece of mimicry: she looks as if she were going to faint.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacOne thing in connection with Chopin's mimicry has to be particularly noted—it is very characteristic of the man.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksHer powers of mimicry, too, particularly of the different dialects of France, have seldom been surpassed.
Queens of the French Stage | H. Noel WilliamsThe strangers assembled to see our childish mimicry of passion were witnesses to a highly-wrought dramatic scene in real life.
The Blue Jar Story Book | Maria Edgeworth
British Dictionary definitions for mimicry
/ (ˈmɪmɪkrɪ) /
the act or art of copying or imitating closely; mimicking
the resemblance shown by one animal species, esp an insect, to another, which protects it from predators
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Scientific definitions for mimicry
[ mĭm′ĭ-krē ]
The resemblance of one organism to another or to an object in its surroundings for concealment or protection from predators. See also aggressive mimicry Batesian mimicry Müllerian mimicry.
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