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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 organism or a nonliving object.
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Mimicry — Mim ic*ry, n. 1. The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mimicry — mimicry. См. мимикрия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
mimicry — index caricature, parody, ridicule, travesty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
mimicry — (n.) 1680s, from MIMIC (Cf. mimic) + RY (Cf. ry). Zoological sense is from 1861 … Etymology dictionary
mimicry — /ingl. ˈmɪmɪkrɪ/ [vc. ingl., da mimic «mimico»] s. m. o f. (biol.) mimetismo … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
mimicry — ► NOUN 1) imitation of someone or something to entertain or ridicule. 2) Biology the close external resemblance of an animal or plant to another … English terms dictionary
mimicry — [mim′ik rē] n. pl. mimicries 1. the practice or art, or an instance or way, of mimicking 2. close resemblance, in color, form, or behavior, of one organism to another or to some object in its environment, as of some insects to the leaves or twigs … English World dictionary
Mimicry — For other uses, see Mimic (disambiguation). Plate from Henry Walter Bates (1862) illustrating Batesian mimicry between Dismorphia species (top row, third row) and various Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second row, bottom row) In … Wikipedia
mimicry — /mim ik ree/, n., pl. mimicries. 1. the act, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. Biol. the close external resemblance of an organism, the mimic, to some different organism, the model, such that the mimic benefits from the mistaken identity, as… … Universalium
mimicry — Synonyms and related words: acting, aggressive mimicry, apery, aping, buffoonery, business, caricature, characterization, cryptic mimicry, dumb show, embodiment, enacting, enactment, gag, ham, hammy acting, hoke, hokum, imitation, impersonation,… … Moby Thesaurus
mimicry — similarity of appearance between two species, the mimic gaining protection from resembling a dangerous organism such as a predator or poisonous organism (Batesian mimicry) or where both species are protected against predators by being distasteful … Dictionary of ichthyology
