mimic
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
- To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
Noun
- A person who practices mimicry; especially: A mime.
- A person who practices mimicry; especially: A comic who does impressions.
- An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
- An imitation.
- A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.
Adjective
- Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
- Mock, pretended.
- Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
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