/sim'yeuh lay"kreuhm/ , n. , pl. simulacra /-kreuh/ .
1. a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
2. an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite.
[ 1590-1600; simulacrum likeness, image, equiv. to simula ( re ) to SIMULATE + -crum instrumental suffix ]