Bible Dictionaries
Mimicry

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mimicry'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mimicry.html. 1828.