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automimicry
1. In an organism, the mimicking of one anatomical structure by another to accentuate the former; for example, the ears of some antelopes that mimic their horns in acting as visual signaling devices.
2. Mimicry in which a palatable morph (the mimic) resembles a non-palatable morph (the model) of the same species; the polymorphism with respect to palatability can arise from a choice of different food plants by model and mimic.
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