mimic

verb mimics · mimicking · mimicked · mimick

1. transitive To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
2. transitive To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

noun mimics · mimick

1. A mime.
2. A comic who does impressions.

   Similar: impressionist

3. An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
4. An imitation. Jess jumped slightly at hearing Tillyʼs extremely accurate mimic of her voice.
5. 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.

Similar: mimicker

adjective mimick

1. not comparable Pertaining to mimicry; imitative. I think every man is cloied and wearied, with seeing so many apish and mimicke trickes, that juglers teach their Dogges, as the dances, where they misse not one cadence of the sounds or notes they heare[…].
2. not comparable Mock, pretended.
3. not comparable Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.