Webster's English Dictionary

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mimicry

mim.ic.ry \'mim-i-kre-\ n 1a: an instance of mimicking  1b: the action, 
   practice, or art of mimicking  2: a superficial resemblance of one organism 
   to another or to natural objec ts among which it lives that secures it 
   concealment, protection, or other advantage