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Allomony

Noun:

1. A phenomenon where an organism mimics the appearance or behavior of another organism for various purposes such as protection or obtaining food.

Example sentence: The viceroy butterfly exhibits allomony by mimicking the appearance of the poisonous monarch butterfly.

Noun:

2. In linguistics, a sound change occurring when one sound is altered or replaced by another sound in certain linguistic contexts.

Example sentence: The English language displays numerous examples of allomony, such as the sound change from "th" to "s" in "brother" to "brethren".

Noun:

3. A financial arrangement in which one person legally assumes the debts or obligations of another person.

Example sentence: After the business went bankrupt, John was left with the allomony of his partner's debts.

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