myrmecoidy

English

Etymology

From myrmecoid +‎ -y.

Noun

myrmecoidy (uncountable)

1. The quality of being myrmecoid.
   • 1913, William Morton Wheeler, Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior, page 422:

     Among the celebrated cases of myrmecoidy may be mentioned the Sudanese cricket Myrmecophana fallax, which is extremely ant-like, and the Indian wasp Rhinopsis ruficornis, which closely mimics Sima rufonigra.