Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mimicry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mimicry \Mim"ic*ry\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mimicry
n 1: the act of mimicking; imitative behavior [syn: {apery}]
2: the resemblance of an animal species to another species or
to natural objects; provides concealment and protection
from predators
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