skeuomorph
[skyoo-uh-mawrf]
- an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
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Now one part of the body was surrendered to the skeuomorph and anon another.
Evolution in ArtAlfred C. Haddon
To speak somewhat figuratively, heteromorphism is a sort of disease that may attack the skeuomorph or the biomorph.
Evolution in ArtAlfred C. Haddon