deceptive similarity

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• Phenacite — Phen a*cite, n. [Gr. ?, ?, impostor, deceiver.] (Min.) A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Thanjavur Marathi — Thanjavur Marathi, also commonly spelled Tanjore Marathi, is a community language of Maharashtrians who migrated south, along with Shivaji s half brother Venkoji, to the areas surrounding the city of Thanjavur in India back in the 1600s. The… …   Wikipedia

• apatosaurus — [əˌpatə sɔ:rəs] noun a huge herbivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic period, with a long neck and tail. Origin mod. L., from Gk apatē deceit (because of a deceptive similarity between some of its bones and those of other dinosaurs) + sauros… …   English new terms dictionary

• apatosaurus — ► NOUN ▪ a huge herbivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic period, with a long neck and tail. Also called BRONTOSAURUS(Cf. ↑B). ORIGIN from Greek apat deceit (because of a deceptive similarity between some of its bones and those of other… …   English terms dictionary

• mimicry — /mim ik ree/, n., pl. mimicries. 1. the act, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. Biol. the close external resemblance of an organism, the mimic, to some different organism, the model, such that the mimic benefits from the mistaken identity, as… …   Universalium

• Information manipulation theory — (IMT)( [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/preview/0312259492/meetauthor.aspx McCornack] , 1992;( [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/preview/0312259492/meetauthor.aspx McCornack] , [http://comm.msu.edu/people/faculty/149 Levine] , Torres, Campbell,… …   Wikipedia

• Aggressive mimicry — The Humpback anglerfish uses a modified dorsal spine as a bioluminescent fishing rod to capture prey. Aggressive mimicry is a form of mimicry where predators, parasites or parasitoids share similar signals with a harmless model, allowing them to… …   Wikipedia

• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Job interview — Oakland, California. Hanging Around. The total time spent in actual interviews while hunting a job takes only a small part of the day; unwilling to go home these youths spend most of their day hanging around and talking with other job hunters.… …   Wikipedia

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• Mimicry — For other uses, see Mimic (disambiguation). Plate from Henry Walter Bates (1862) illustrating Batesian mimicry between Dismorphia species (top row, third row) and various Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second row, bottom row) In …   Wikipedia