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Webster 1913 Edition
Mimicry
Mim′ic-ry
,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
,Noun.
Definition 2024
mimicry
mimicry
English
Alternative forms
Noun
mimicry (countable and uncountable, plural mimicries)
- 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.
Translations
the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else
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