Mimesis
(||Mi*me"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. imitation.] (Rhet. & Biol.) Imitation; mimicry.
Mimetene
(Mim"e*tene) n. (Min.) See Mimetite.
Mimetic
(Mi*met"ic Mi*met"ic*al) [Gr. fr. to imitate.]
1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.
2. (Biol.) Characterized by mimicry; - - applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic
organisms. See Mimicry.
Mimetism
(Mim"e*tism) n. [From Gr. to mimic.] (Biol.) Same as Mimicry.
Mimetite
(Mim"e*tite) n. [Gr. an imitator. So called because it resembles pyromorphite.] (Min.) A mineral
occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal crystals. It is an arseniate of lead.
Mimic
(Mim"ic Mim"ic*al) a. [L. mimicus, Gr. fr. mime: cf. F. mimique. See Mime.]
1. Imitative; mimetic.
Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes
To imitate her.
Milton.
Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical.
W. Wotton. 2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures. "Mimic hootings." Wordsworth.
3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; — applied to crystals which by twinning
resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and is less dignified than imitative.
Mimic beetle (Zoöl.), a beetle that feigns death when disturbed, esp. the species of Hister and allied
genera.
Mimic
(Mim"ic), n. One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.
Burke.
Mimic
(Mim"ic), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mimicked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mimicking.]
1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply,
The habit mimic, and the mien belie.
Dryden. 2. (Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some
surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.
Syn. — To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.
Mimically
(Mim"ic*al*ly) adv. In an imitative manner.
Mimicker
(Mim"ick*er) n.
1. One who mimics; a mimic.
2. (Zoöl.) An animal which imitates something else, in form or habits.
Mimicry
(Mim"ic*ry) n.
