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Verb: clone  klown
  1. Make multiple identical copies of
    "people can clone a sheep nowadays"
Noun: clone  klown
  1. An unauthorized copy or imitation
    "She bought a clone designer handbag from a street vendor";
    - knockoff [informal]
     
  2. A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
    "The scientists created a clone of stem cells for their research"
     
  3. A person who is almost identical to another
    "The twins dressed alike and acted so similarly, they seemed like clones";
    - ringer, dead ringer [informal], spitting image [informal], spit [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: cloned, clones, cloning

Type of: alikeness [rare], being, copy, double, image, likeness, look-alike, organism, recreate, re-create, similitude

Encyclopedia: Clone