misimprint

verb

misimprint

verb

Etymology From mis- + imprint.

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.1977, Dorothy Rogers, Issues in child psychology, page 62:

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