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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Mimicry

/mĭm'-ĭk-rē/ · Mim·ic·ry · IPA /ˈmɪm.ɪ.kɹi/
01 n. The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.
  1. 1.
    The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.
  2. 2.
    Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis; mimetism.(Biol.)