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mimetic
adjective
[ mɪˈmɛtɪk ]
• relating to, constituting, or habitually practising mimesis.
• "mimetic patterns in butterflies"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Greek mimētikos ‘imitation’, from mimeisthai ‘to imitate’.