See mimicry on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "mimikri",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"word": "മിമിക്രി"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "śabdānukaraṇaṁ",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"word": "ശബ്ദാനുകരണം"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mimik",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"word": "میمیک"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vānemāyi",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"word": "وانمایی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "naśladownictwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mímica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "mimetismo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podražánije",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "подража́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mimíkrija",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мими́крия"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mimetismo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mimikry"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"word": "gagad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"word": "öyküntü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"word": "taklit"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else",
"word": "sự bắt chước"
}
],
"word": "mimicry"
}
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