mimic

mimic
1 verb past tense and past participle mimicked (T)
1 to copy the way someone speaks or behaves, especially in order to make people laugh: Sally used to keep us entertained by mimicking the teacher.
2 to behave or operate in exactly the same way as something or someone else: Will computers ever be able to mimic the way humans think?
3 if an animal mimics something it tries to look or sound like something in order to protect itself: an insect that mimics the appearance of a wasp
— mimicry noun (U) 2 noun (C)
1 an entertainer who copies the way famous people speak or behave
2 a person or animal that is good at copying the movements, sound, or appearance of someone or something else
3 adjective (only before noun)
1 technical providing protection by looking exactly like something else
2 imitating behaviour or movements: the mimic marching of the children playing soldiers

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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