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mimetic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mimetic \Mi*met"ic\ (?; 277), Mimetical \Mi*met"ic*al\, [Gr. ?, fr ? to imitate.] 1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative. 2. (Biol.) Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See {Mimicry}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mimetic adj 1: characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images" 2: exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton
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