mimetic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mimetic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mimetic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mimetic adj characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images" exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mimetic \Mimet"ic\ (?; 277), Mimetical \Mimet"ical\, [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}.