auto-mimicry

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From auto- +‎ mimicry.

Noun[edit]

auto-mimicry (countable and uncountable, plural auto-mimicries)

  1. Alternative form of automimicry
    • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 38:
      This male auto-mimicry of stinging females is energetically costly and would be very unlikely to have evolved if it were not effective.
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