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mimetic

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Adjective
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mi=met=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

mimetic,  [Gr. , fr. to imitate.].
  •  Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mimetic, adj.
1 relating to or habitually practising imitation or mimicry.
2 Biol. of or exhibiting mimesis.

Derivative
mimetically adv.
Etymology
Gk mimetikos imitation (as MIMESIS)

THESAURUS

mimetic

apish, delineatory, depictive, echoic, embodying, emulative, figurative, graphic, ideographic, illustrational, illustrative, imitative, incarnating, limning, mimic, mimish, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic, personifying, pictographic, pictorial, portraying, representational, representative, representing, simulative, symbolizing, typifying, vivid

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