Meaning Müllerian mimic
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Müllerian mimicA Natural phenomenon in which two or more distasteful species, that may or may not be closely related and share one or more common predators, have come to mimic each other’s warning signals. It is named after the German naturalist Fritz Müller, who first proposed the concept in 1878.
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Müllerian mimica form of mimicry in which several harmful species have evolved to resemble each other or share similar warning signals, thereby being protected from predation.
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