Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 9 compound words that contain mimicry. The most common are listed below. Open mimicry in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- Batesian mimicryThe resemblance of one or more non-poisonous species to a poisonous species, for example, the scarlet king snake and the coral snake.
- Müllerian mimicryThe resemblance of two or more poisonous species to each other (for example, the monarch butterfly and the viceroy butterfly), making them all more recognisable to potential predators.
- aggressive mimicryA form of mimicry in which predators, parasites, or parasitoids share similar signals, using a harmless model, allowing them to avoid being correctly identified by their prey or host.
- Pouyannian mimicryA type of mimicry exhibited by some plants, whereby certain flower parts resemble a (female) potential mate for a male of a pollinator species, thus inducing pseudocopulation.
- ant mimicrymyrmecomorphy (the mimicry of ants by other animals)
- sexual mimicryA phenomenon in which one sex takes the characteristics of the other within a single species.
- auto-mimicryAlternative form of automimicry: The advantage gained by some members of a species from their resemblance to others of the same species. Males of many bees and wasps, although defenseless, are protected from predators by their resemblance …
- mimicry plantA South African succulent of genus Pleiospilos.
Compound words 9
- glycomimicryThe modification of the oligosaccharides on the surface of bacteria in order to bypass the immune system
- osteomimicryThe expression of genes normally expressed by bone cells in another tissue (typically cancerous)
- peptidomimicryThe mimicking of the structure and function of a peptide by means of another oligomer
- phagomimicryThe mimicking of food to the extent that it will generate a feeding response.
- phosphomimicryThe condition of being phosphomimic
- theriomimicryThe act of mimicking a wild animal.
- biomimicryThe imitation of biological designs or processes in engineering; biomimetics.
- automimicryThe advantage gained by some members of a species from their resemblance to others of the same species. Males of many bees and wasps, although defenseless, are protected from predators by their resemblance to females that are equipped with …
- pantomimicrySynonym of pantomime (“mime; gesturing without speaking”).