Mimicry /(?)/

Mim·ic·ry

Mimicry

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