'Mimetic' definitions:

Definition of 'mimetic'

From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images"
adjective
Exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton

Definition of 'Mimetic'

From: GCIDE
  • Mimetic \Mi*met"ic\ (?; 277), Mimetical \Mi*met"ic*al\, [Gr. ?, fr. ? to imitate.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Biol.) Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry. [1913 Webster]

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