A clone or doppelganger. Used mostly to avoid saying clone because it sounds too much like clown and
clowns are
evil.
There are other forms of the
word merle. For example:
Merletiplicity- Having more than one merle
Animerle-Looking like a cartoon character
Merletiply-To notice more and more look-alikes of oneself.
We'
re so
much alike, we must be merles!
I used to have
one merle, but recently they seem to have merletiplied.