mimotypen.

Brit.

/ˈmɪmə(ʊ)tʌɪp/, U.S.

/ˈmɪmoʊˌtaɪp/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μιμο- , μῖμος , type n.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μιμο-, combining form (see mimo-prophet n.) of ancient Greek μῖμος mime n.¹ (here taken in the sense ‘mimic’) + type n.

Zoology. rare. disused.

Any of a group of animals which are not closely related physically but which fulfil similar biological functions in the ecologies of their respective localities.

ΚΠ

1881 T. Gill in Smithsonian Rep. 460 The quasi-representative forms are not only isotypes, but simply mimotypes. [Note] Mimotypes, forms distantly resembling each other, but fulfilling similar functions.

1933 Amer. Midland Naturalist 14 639 Any specimen in any collection can be classed as some type or even labelled with a number of type terms. For example, a specimen which any working systematist would regard as a paratype might very well at the same time be an adelfotype, an alloparatype, an androtype, a lipotype, a mimotype and a paraedoeotype.

Derivatives

† mimotypic adj. Obsolete rare relating to or having the character of a mimotype.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Mimotypic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mimotype
释义	mimotypen. Brit. /ˈmɪmə(ʊ)tʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈmɪmoʊˌtaɪp/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μιμο- , μῖμος , type n. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μιμο-, combining form (see mimo-prophet n.) of ancient Greek μῖμος mime n.¹ (here taken in the sense ‘mimic’) + type n. Zoology. rare. disused. Any of a group of animals which are not closely related physically but which fulfil similar biological functions in the ecologies of their respective localities. ΚΠ 1881 T. Gill in Smithsonian Rep. 460 The quasi-representative forms are not only isotypes, but simply mimotypes. [Note] Mimotypes, forms distantly resembling each other, but fulfilling similar functions. 1933 Amer. Midland Naturalist 14 639 Any specimen in any collection can be classed as some type or even labelled with a number of type terms. For example, a specimen which any working systematist would regard as a paratype might very well at the same time be an adelfotype, an alloparatype, an androtype, a lipotype, a mimotype and a paraedoeotype. Derivatives † mimotypic adj. Obsolete rare relating to or having the character of a mimotype.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Mimotypic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881
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