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Definition of mimicry:
- 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.
- The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.
Synonyms:
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imitation (part of speech: noun)
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- reflection,
- emulation,
- echo,
- impersonation,
- carbon,
- mockery,
- parallel,
- reproduction,
- travesty,
- parody,
- duplication,
- representation,
- portrayal,
- imitation,
- simulation,
- duplicate,
- pretense,
- replication,
- resemblance,
- sham,
- spoof,
- pseudo,
- burlesque,
- mirror,
- caricature
Usage examples:
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As it was, Grand asked after the little ones, and Brandon, standing on the rug and looking down on the fine stern features and white head, began to give him a graphic account of what little Peter Melcombe had been teaching them, John Mortimer, while he unlocked his desk and sorted out certain papers, now and then adding a touch or two in mimicry of his children's little voices.
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His powers of mimicry are but slightly surpassed by those of the mocking- bird, and it is his delight to send the smaller feathered tribes to covert by imitating the cries of the sparrow, hawk, and other birds of prey.