Mimicry

Peter Petrelli - Mimicry is one of the coolest powers and needs to be utilized more, though it is also in danger of making a character too powerful.

Spoilery Thoughts on Heroes 2007

Mimicry, which is the common and favorite amusement of little low minds, is in the utmost contempt with great ones.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Mimicry, which is treated under another chapter, comes under the head of passive defence, and form and colour play an important part in it.

The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon 1923

Mimicry, which is the common and favorite amusement of little low minds, is in the utmost contempt with great ones.

Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1748 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733

Mimicry, which is the common and favorite amusement of little low minds, is in the utmost contempt with great ones.

Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733

Mr. Bates (the author of the very interesting work "The Naturalist on the River Amazons," and the discoverer of "Mimicry") found that these conspicuous butterflies had a very strong and disagreeable odour; so much so that any one handling them and squeezing them, as a collector must do, has his fingers stained and so infected by the smell, as to require time and much trouble to remove it.

On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart

In the essay on "Mimicry," it is shown how important a part the necessity for protection has played, in determining the external form and colouration, and sometimes even the internal structure of animals.

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

"Mimicry" proper is often confused with "protective resemblance," and it will be advisable to begin with the consideration of the latter.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

There's another track, "Mimicry", and I think about that, I

The Wire 2010

In Nicaragua he devoted special attention to those wonderful protective resemblances, especially among insects, which Bates had explained by his theory of "Mimicry;" and as the subject crops up again and again in this book, the non-scientific reader will find it helpful to have before him an outline of the expanded and completed theory -- though he should be warned that some writers have been too much inclined to attribute to "mimicry" any accidental resemblance between two species.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855