† mimetryn.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mimetic adj., -ry suffix.
Etymology: < mimet- (in mimetic adj.) + -ry suffix, after symmetry n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (məi·mėtri) /ˈmaɪmɪtrɪ/.
Crystallography.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. II. Mimetry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).