Mimicry
31mimicry — mim•ic•ry [[t]ˈmɪm ɪk ri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) the act, practice, or art of mimicking 2) anb the close resemblance of an organism to a different organism, such that it benefits from the mistaken identity, as in seeming to be unpalatable 3) an… …
32mimicry — /ˈmɪməkri / (say mimuhkree) noun (plural mimicries) 1. the act, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. Zoology the close external resemblance, as if from imitation or simulation, of an animal to some different animal or to surrounding objects,… …
33mimicry — mi|mi|cry mi|mi|cry sb. (beskyttelseslighed) …
34mimicry — n. (pl. ies) 1 the act or art of mimicking. 2 a thing that mimics another. 3 Zool. mimesis …
35aggressive mimicry — mimicry involving at least three species. A predator resembles a non aggressive species such as a cleaner (q.v.) and thus can attack misled clients who think they are about to be cleaned …
36Aggressive mimicry — The Humpback anglerfish uses a modified dorsal spine as a bioluminescent fishing rod to capture prey. Aggressive mimicry is a form of mimicry where predators, parasites or parasitoids share similar signals with a harmless model, allowing them to… …
37Batesian mimicry — is a form of mimicry typified by a situation where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a common predator. It is named after the English naturalist Henry Walter Bates, after his work in… …
38Molecular mimicry — is defined as the theoretical possibility that sequence similarities between foreign and self peptides are sufficient to result in the cross activation of autoreactive T or B cells by pathogen derived peptides. Despite the promiscuity of several… …
39Müllerian mimicry — The Heliconius butterflies from the tropics of the Western Hemisphere are classic Müllerian mimics.[1] Müllerian mimicry is a natural phenomenon when two or more harmful species, that may or may not be closely related and share one or more common …
40Vavilovian mimicry — Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov. Vavilovian mimicry (also crop mimicry or weed mimicry[1][2]) is a form of mimicry in plants where a weed comes to share one or more cha …
