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What does mimicry mean?

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Noun
  1. The act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else.
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Take the oft-cited classic case of Batesian mimicry involving the dead-ringer resemblance between monarch and viceroy butterflies.
The mimicry programmes may be crude, but they are harmless and provide innocent fun to the audience.
They negotiate the dicey line between mimicry and mockery partly by dint of fascination with details.
Skitcom performers, especially those with skills at mimicry, typically disappear into their roles.
Nevertheless, one must consider who shot these images and allowed such an open, playful, form of mimicry.
From rain dances to bhangra, skits to mimicry, the employees rewrote office entertainment rules.

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