Usually means: Harmless species mimics harmful species.
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  1. Batesian mimicry: Merriam-Webster
  2. Batesian mimicry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Batesian mimicry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. Batesian mimicry: Wiktionary
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  8. Batesian mimicry: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  10. Batesian mimicry: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Batesian mimicry)

noun:  (biology) The resemblance of one or more non-poisonous species to a poisonous species, for example, the scarlet king snake and the coral snake.

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