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- pronunciation:
- klon
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an organism or group of organisms produced asexually from a single ancestor and genetically replicating it.
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| definition 2: |
an exact duplicate or reproduction; copy.
- similar words:
- duplicate, image, replicate
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| related words: |
double, image, likeness, match, twin |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
clones, cloning, cloned |
| definition 1: |
to duplicate (an organism) exactly, by asexual reproduction.
Geneticists have cloned this cell. |
| definition 2: |
to produce (duplicate organisms) by asexual reproduction.
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| related words: |
breed, copy, duplicate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become, or be the ancestor of, an exact genetic duplicate.
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| related words: |
copy |
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| derivations: |
clonal (adj.), clonally (adv.), cloner (n.) |
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