myrmecoidy
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]myrmecoidy (uncountable)
- The quality of being myrmecoid.
- 1913, William Morton Wheeler, Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior, page 422:
- Among the celebrated cases of myrmecoidy may be mentioned the Sudanese cricket Myrmecophana fallax, which is extremely ant-like, and the Indian wasp Rhinopsis ruficornis, which closely mimics Sima rufonigra.