CLONE


Meaning of CLONE in English

(~s, cloning, ~d)

1.

If someone or something is a ~ of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them.

Designers are mistaken if they believe we all want to be supermodel ~s.

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2.

A ~ is an animal or plant that has been produced artificially, for example in a laboratory, from the cells of another animal or plant. A ~ is exactly the same as the original animal or plant.

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3.

To ~ an animal or plant means to produce it as a ~.

The idea of cloning extinct life forms still belongs to science fiction.

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