An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance of someone or something else.

plural of mimicry

(biology) The resemblance of one or more non-poisonous species to a poisonous species, for example, the scarlet king snake and the coral snake.

(evolutionary theory) The resemblance of two or more poisonous species with each other, giving the effect that they are all more recognisable to potential predators. For example, the monarch butterfly and the viceroy butterfly.

Alternative form of automimicry

myrmecomorphy (the mimicry of ants by other animals)

(biology) A phenomenon in which one sex takes the characteristics of the other within a single species.

(zoology) A form of mimicry in which predators, parasites, or parasitoids share similar signals, using a harmless model, allowing them to avoid being correctly identified by their prey or host.

plural of auto-mimicry