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Webster 1913 Edition


Mimicry

Mim′ic-ry

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Noun.
1.
The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.
2.
(Biol.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mimicry

MIM'ICRY

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Noun.
Ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.

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mimicry

mimicry

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mimicry (countable and uncountable, plural mimicries)

  1. The act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else.
    They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.
    When animal mimicry goes really wrong they don't just look like something that a predator would ignore, they look like lunch.

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