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mimicry the adoption by one species of any of the properties of another, such as colour, habits, structure. Particularly common in insects, two main forms of mimicry are recognized: Batesian mimicry, where two species have the same appearance (often warning colours) but one (the âmodelâ) is distasteful to predators.
Use of the word mimicry dates to 1637. It derives from the Greek term mimetikos, imitative, in turn from mimetos, the verbal adjective of mimeisthai, to imitate. Originally used to describe people, mimetic was used in zoology from 1851, mimicry from 1861.