Misimprint

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To imprint wrongly.

    "That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults."

Example

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"That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults."

Etymology

From mis- + imprint.

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