clone
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
clone (plural clones)
- A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
- A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
- (informal) Two people who are exactly alike, as far as looks or behavior.
clone (clones, present participle cloning; past and past participle cloned)
- (transitive) To create a clone of.
- The scientists were able to clone a sheep.
- We cloned the database to perform some testing.
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