Mimicry
21mimicry — noun (plural ries) Date: 1671 1. a. an instance of mimicking b. the action, practice, or art of mimicking 2. a superficial resemblance of one organism to another or to natural objects among which it lives that secures it a selective advantage (as …
22mimicry — mim·ic·ry mim i krē n, pl ries an instance of mimicking something * * * mim·ic·ry (mimґik re″) [Gr. mimos to imitate] 1. imitation or simulation. 2. an adaptation for survival in which an organism takes on a resemblance to some other… …
23Mimicry — Lighedsværn, lighedsdyr …
24mimicry — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mime, pretense, mockery; see imitation 2 , parody . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act, practice, or art of copying the manner or expression of another: aping, imitation. See SAME …
25mimicry — mim|ic|ry [ mımıkri ] noun uncount the action of mimicking someone, or the ability to do this …
26mimicry — mim·ic·ry || mɪmɪkrɪ n. art or practice of mimicking, mime; imitation, close resemblance (also of animals) …
27mimicry — [ mɪmɪkri] noun (plural mimicries) the action or skill of mimicking someone or something. ↘Biology the close external resemblance of an animal or plant to another animal, plant, or inanimate object …
28mimicry — n .imitation, copying, reproduction, apery, Rhet. mimesis; impersonation, personation, representation, simulation, affectation; mimicking, parroting, echoing, repeating; mockery, pretense, ridicule, derision, raillery; Inf. take off, satire,… …
29mimicry — mim·ic·ry …
30mimicry — UK [ˈmɪmɪkrɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the action of mimicking someone, or the ability to do this 2) biology the way in which a plant or animal is able to make itself look like another plant or animal or something in its environment in order to …
