mimicry
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈmɪm.ɪk.ɹi/
mimicry
- The act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else.
- They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.
- When animal mimicry goes really wrong they don't just look like something that a predator would ignore, they look like lunch.
- French: mimétisme, mimique
- German: Mimikry, Nachahmung
- Italian: mimetismo, scimmiottatura, scimmiottamento, mimica, (zoology, botany) mimetizzazione
- Portuguese: mímica, mimetismo (biology)
- Russian: подража́ние
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