Misimprint
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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
More examples"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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