Pronunciation: myü- ' lir- ē - ə n, mi-, ˌ m ə -
Function: adjective
Etymology: Fritz Müller † 1897 German zoologist
Date: 1898
: of, relating to, or being mimicry that exists between two or more inedible or dangerous species (as of butterflies) and that is considered in evolutionary theory to be a mechanism reducing loss to predation by simplification of the recognition process by predators