imprinter
English
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editimprinter (plural imprinters)
- A device that imprints.
- A person who does imprinting with such a device.
- An organism that imprints, or forms an attachment.
- 2009, Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo, page 101:
- This would be unlikely with a very rapid imprinter such as a duckling or a chick, but mammals tend to become socialized more slowly.