mimic
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈmɪmɪk/
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imitativo
- The mimic bird sings in a way that copies the calls of various other birds in its habitat.
So it's basically a fasting mimicking drug.
- So it's basically a fasting mimicking drug.
- He called that and patent that FMD fasting, mimicking diets.
Examples
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This "mimic attitude" descriptively contributes to the discrimination explanation if you are one to stand out.
Blog text (29) -
Among his few close friends and with his family, however, Karp was a different man: humorous, a dead-on mimic, boyish, occasionally goofy, a peaceable man, and quite even-tempered.
Fiction book (2001) -
The "mimic approach" employed by The Land Institute and by Jack Ewel represents the most extreme category where nature is used as a standard.
Academic text (1992) -
The mimic butterfly closely resembles the color and pattern of other poisonous species to avoid predators.
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In the play, his mimic abilities allowed him to perfectly imitate the famous singer's voice.
Synonyms
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4.3
Made to look or act like the real thing for practice
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8.1
Showing that something copies the look or behavior of another thing
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4.6
Tends to copy the actions or style of other people
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7.5
Made to copy how something looks or works
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Etymology
Mimic comes from the Greek mimos, meaning 'imitator', and is the same root as mime. As an adjective, mimic means 'copying' or 'resembling' something else, which is why animals or objects described as mimic look like another thing to avoid danger or fool others.