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clone

2 verb
     
Related topics: Microbes, Genetics, Biochem
clone2 [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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