mimicry
[mim-ik-ree]
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Origin of mimicry
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Related Words for mimicry
pastiche, pretense, imitation, mockery, apery, caricature, camouflage, parody, posture, mimesis, aping, parroting, mocking, mimetism, mimickingExamples from the Web for mimicry
Contemporary Examples of mimicry
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 BuckleyRichard Porton
April 30, 2013
Historical Examples of mimicry
But she brought nothing back except her mimicry of the man's manner.
The ChristianHall Caine
The children lie in ambush and fall upon one another in the mimicry of hunting.
The ChildrenAlice Meynell
Let us take the cases of mimicry amongst lepidoptera and other insects.
On the Genesis of SpeciesSt. George Mivart
No fact of your letter has interested me more than that about mimicry.
Terry's voice deepened in mimicry: "'No petticoats for mine!'"
TerryCharles Goff Thomson
mimicry
- 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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Word Origin and History for mimicry
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mimicry
(mĭm′ĭ-krē)- The resemblance of one organism to another or to an object in its surroundings for concealment and protection.
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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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