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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mimetic  \Mi*met"ic\  (?;  277),  Mimetical  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mimetic 
  adj  1:  characterized  by  or  of  the  nature  of  or  using  mimesis;  "a 
  mimetic  dance";  "the  mimetic  presentation  of  images" 
  2:  exhibiting  mimicry;  "mimetic  coloring  of  a  butterfly";  "the 
  mimetic  tendency  of  infancy"-  R.W.Hamilton 




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