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mimicry |
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mimicry Noun pl -ries 1. the act or art of copying or imitating closely 2. Biol the resemblance shown by one animal species to another dangerous or inedible one, which protects it from predators
mimicry the ability of some creatures to imitate others, either by sound or appearance, or to merge with their environment for protective purposes. See also performing. — mimic, mimical, adj. See also: Biologythe art or practice of copying or imitating closely, especially by a person for the purpose of entertainment. See also biology. — mimic, mimical, adj. See also: Performing
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mimicry noun imitation, impression, impersonation, copying, imitating, mimicking, parody, caricature, mockery, burlesque, apery Translations (Zool) → mimétisme m (ZOOL) → mimetismo |
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A third, with a gift for singing and mimicry, who had achieved success at the smoking concerts of the Medical School by his imitation of notorious comedians, had abandoned the hospital for the chorus of a musical comedy. From the date of their conversation after the party at Princess Tverskaya's he had never spoken again to Anna of his suspicions and his jealousies, and that habitual tone of his bantering mimicry was the most convenient tone possible for his present attitude to his wife. Ups and downs, generosity, dark fates, the most delicate goodness, have nowhere been more prominent than in the private existence of those devoted to the public mimicry of men and women. |
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