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sexual mimicry

sexual mimicry noun: a phenomenon in which one sex takes the characteristics of the other within a single species.

Noun

sexual mimicry (uncountable)

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

Questions about sexual mimicry

What does sexual mimicry mean?
Sexual mimicry means a phenomenon in which one sex takes the characteristics of the other within a single species.
What part of speech is sexual mimicry?
Sexual mimicry is a noun.

Words near sexual mimicry in the dictionary

  1. sexual marketplace
  2. sexual marketplaces
  3. sexual matters
  4. sexual maturity
  5. sexual method
  6. sexual mimicry
  7. sexual minorities
  8. sexual minority
  9. sexual misconduct
  10. sexual misconducts
  11. sexual offender

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