Definition of mimicry
plural mimicries
1 a
: an instance of mimicking
b
: the action, practice, or art of mimicking
- entertained his family with mimicry and comic skits
- —Cynthia Ozick
2
: a superficial (see superficial 2b) resemblance of one organism to another or to natural objects among which it lives that secures it a selective advantage (such as protection from predation)
