Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A form of protective mimicry, especially in insects, in which two or more distasteful or harmful species closely resemble each other and are therefore avoided equally by all their predators.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
mimicry .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller, (1821–1897), German-born Brazilian zoologist.]
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