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Word: Clone
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from Greek klōn ‘twig’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kləʊn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical
Short Definition:genetically identical copy
Examples:- vines representing all the 15 existing clones were planted
Definition:
(within gay culture) a gay man who adopts an exaggeratedly macho appearance and style of dress.
Short Definition:macho gay man
Word: Clone
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kləʊn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone
Short Definition:make genetic clone of
Examples:- of the hundreds of new plants cloned the best ones are selected
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