protective resemblance

[MIMICRY, II.] pro-těc-tive-ne , s. [Eng. protective; -ne .] The quality or state of being protective. "Imbued with that ble ed protectivene ."-G. Eliot: Daniel Deronda, ch. lxx. Taylor (of Norwich): Memoirs , ii. 198. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; protein us