- allelomimetic
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adj. [Gr. allelon, one another; mimikos, imitative]Referring to imitation of behavioral habits of another animal, usually of the same species.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
al|le|lo|mi|met|ic — «uh LEE luh mih MEHT ihk, LEHL uh ; my », adjective. of or characterized by imitativeness within a group; imitative of one another: »All the sheep in a flock, or all the fish in a school, or all the dogs in a pack, tend to do the same thing at… … Useful english dictionary