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Designed to imitate structures, processes, or functions found in living organisms.
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- biomimetic material
- biomimetic design
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The suit’s biomimetic surface shed water like a leaf.
A biomimetic joint allowed the machine to bend without a rigid hinge.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable in its technical classification. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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