Imitative /(?)/

Im·i·ta·tive

Imitative

a.
  1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
  2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
    This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace.
  3. Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resemblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative. (Nat. Hist.)

Imitative

n.
  1. A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. (Gram.) [R.]