SuaviloquyToday’s word

replica

Replica (rpl-k), n.

Etymology: [It. See Reply, v. & n.]

1. (Fine Arts)

A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or satue, made by the maker of the original.

2. (Mus.)

Repetition.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for replica; he lists it under duplicate.

Where he writes about it:

A replica is a copy of a work of art by the maker of the original. — from duplicate