mimetic
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Adjective (2)
- characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis“a mimetic dance”“the mimetic presentation of images”Opposite nonrepresentationalSimilar representational
- exhibiting mimicry“mimetic coloring of a butterfly”“the mimetic tendency of infancy — R.W.Hamilton”Opposite nonimitativeSimilar imitative
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mi·met′ic (?; 277), Mi·met′ic·al
Origin: Gr. …, fr. … to imitate.
1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.
2. Biology Characterized by mimicry; — applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54