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Noun(1) the act of mimicking; imitative behavior(2) the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators(3) the act of mimicking(4) imitative behavior(5) the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects(6) provides concealment and protection from predators(7) mime

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(1) It may involve mimicry , he said, as dolphins are unsurpassed in imitative abilities among nonhuman animals.(2) They negotiate the dicey line between mimicry and mockery partly by dint of fascination with details.(3) In the book, al-Jahiz discusses animal mimicry - noting that certain parasites adapt to the color of their host.(4) a playful mimicry of the techniques of realist writers(5) In his show he exploited a talent for mimicry that manifested itself in a Moira Anderson imitation when he was seven, and then in wicked parodies of his teachers.(6) Actually blinded by prosthetics, he walks the fine line between acting and mimicry , giving a performance that is neither stifled by imitation, nor unconvincing.(7) We don't find Mount Rushmores in biology, we find phenomena such as mimicry and camouflage.(8) the word was spoken with gently teasing mimicry(9) Hoffman duplicates Capote's unusual voice and mannerisms with remarkable skill, but the performance is much more than mimicry .(10) Nevertheless, one must consider who shot these images and allowed such an open, playful, form of mimicry .(11) It's also true that friends and colleagues in the workplace are sometimes very supportive of people with disabilities, but that fades in the face of mimicry and mockery.(12) Parody is mimicry in the service of ridicule; it implies anxiety.(13) The technique they use to construct the documentary seems to me to be a loving reference to your work, rather than mimicry or a take-off.(14) All art is but facsimile of nature and the art of imitating someone or something classically in order to entertain is mimicry .(15) Monomane takes imitation through mimicry and beyond to caricature with comic effect.(16) Across the genus as a whole, the evolution of mimicry seems to be associated with increased rates of species diversification.