mimicry

noun (plural mimicries)

• the action or art of imitating someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule:the word was spoken with gently teasing mimicry a playful mimicry of the techniques of realist writers
• Biology the close external resemblance of an animal or plant (or part of one) to another animal, plant, or inanimate object. See also Batesian mimicry, Müllerian mimicry.