I. clone 1 /kləʊn $ kloʊn/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Greek ; Origin: klon 'small branch' ]
1 . technical an animal or plant produced by scientists from one cell of another animal or plant, so that they are exactly the same
2 . technical a computer that is built as an exact copy of a more famous computer:
an IBM clone
3 . informal someone or something that looks and behaves exactly the same as someone or something else
clone of
She’s an exact clone of her sister!
II. clone 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
1 . to make an exact copy of a plant or animal by taking a cell from it and developing it artificially
2 . to copy the number of someone else’s ↑ mobile phone onto a new ↑ chip and then use that number on a different telephone, so that the mobile phone’s owner receives the telephone bill