Mim"ic*ry (?), n. 1. The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous
imitation for sport or ridicule.
2. (Biol.) Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain
animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the
natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves
as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis;
mimetism.
Mi*mog"ra*pher (?), n. [L. mimographus, Gr. &?;; &?; a mime + &?; to
write: cf. F. mimographe.] A writer of mimes. Sir T. Herbert.
||Mi*mo"sa (?; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; imitator. Cf. Mime.] (Bot.) A
||genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including
||the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica).
The term mimosa is also applied in commerce to several kinds bark
imported from Australia, and used in tanning; -- called also wattle
bark. Tomlinson.
Mi`mo*tan"nic (?), a. [Mimosa + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or
designating, a variety of tannin or tannic acid found in Acacia,
Mimosa, etc.
||Mi"na (?), n.; pl. L. Minæ (#), E. Minas (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] An
||ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic
||mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.
Mi"na (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Myna.
Min"a*ble (?), a. Such as can be mined; as, minable earth. Sir T.
North.
Mi*na"cious (?), a. [L. minax, -acis. See Menace.] Threatening;
menacing. [R.]