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Definition of Mimickers
1. mimicker [n] - See also: mimicker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mimickers
Literary usage of Mimickers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1872)
"In the first place the mimicked and the mimickers are always found together, and
even the mimickers of varieties are only found beside the varieties that ..."
2. Half Hours with Insects by Alpheus Spring Packard (1877)
"Here, then, the mimickers are possibly lower in rank than the butterflies they
mimic. This is certainly the case with the ..."
3. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"But why, it may be asked, are certain forms treated as the mimicked and others
as the mimickers? Mr. Bates satisfactorily answers this question, ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"But why, it may be asked, are certain forms treated as the mimicked and others
as the mimickers? Mr. Bates satisfactorily answers this question, ..."
5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1871)
"Here, then, we have species of two perfectly different genera acting apparently
as models and mimickers. In all the cases we have yet adduced we have found ..."
6. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"It is also necessary to show that the mimickers do actually consort with the
mimicked. Some beetles and moths are curiously ..."
7. The Study of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1892)
"May not the similar surroundings and habits of mimickers and mimicked have
sometimes something to do with their resemblance ; may it not be that the ..."
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