🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

mimetismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mimetismo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mimicry/ˈmɪmɪkri/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O mimetismo ajuda o camaleão a se esconder de predadores."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or art of mimicking someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule.

    "His talent for mimicry made him the life of the party."
  2. 2

    The close external resemblance of an animal or plant (or inanimate object) to another animal, plant, or inanimate object, often for protection.

    "Insects use mimicry to blend into their surroundings and avoid predators."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective mimic (from Greek mimikos, from mimos 'mime') + -ry, first appearing in the mid-19th century in biological contexts.

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