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replica noun [ ˈrɛplɪkə ]

• an exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale.
• "a replica of the Empire State Building"
Similar: copy, model, duplicate, reproduction, replication, dummy, imitation, carbon copy, facsimile, knock-off, dupe, perfect likeness, exact likeness, double, lookalike, living image, mirror image, image, picture, twin, clone, Doppelgänger, spitting image, dead ringer, ringer, dead spit, spit and image,
Opposite: original, genuine article,
Origin: mid 18th century (as a musical term in the sense ‘a repeat’): from Italian, from replicare ‘to reply’.


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