I. clone¹ /kləʊn $ kloʊn/ 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!

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II. clone² 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

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