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Phenomenon when organisms resembling others for escaping from enemies is

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adaptation

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mimicry

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homology

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analogy

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Mimicry is the phenomenon of resemblance of one species with another. It is a means of adaptation and protection against predation. The species which is cpied is called a model, while the animal which copies other is known as mimic, e.g. viceroy butterfly mimics toxic monarch butterfly.
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