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mimicry
1. The act, practice, or art of mimicking; an instance of mimicking or imitating something or someone.
2. The imitating of other people's voices, gestures, or appearance, often for comic effect.
3. Similarity of appearance in nature where the resemblance of a plant or animal to another species, or to a feature, of its natural surroundings for concealment and protection from predators.
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biomimicry, bio-mimicry
1. Manufacturing principles and practices that are similar to natural materials or processes.
2. Imitating nature in man-made systems or an attempt to mold technology on nature.

See an extended example of biomimicry by going to this Velcro page.

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biomimicry, bio-mimicry, biomimetic
Manufacturing principles and practices that mimic natural materials or processes.

An example of biomimetics is the Swiss inventor named George de Mestral. An avid hiker, de Mestral and his dog were plagued by burrs sticking tenaciously to his tweed pants and the dogs hair.

He examined the burrs and found they contained tiny, hooks that had a natural tendency to attach themselves to the miniature loops found in fabric. This inspired, de Mestral who spent years trying to mimic the same mechanism and, in the late 1950's, he presented the world with his new invention which he called Velcro.

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