clone

Từ điển Đồng Nghĩa English - Concise Oxford Thesaurus Dictionary

n. noun
Biology an organism or cell, or a group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor to which they are genetically identical.
a person or thing regarded as an exact copy of another.
informal (within gay culture) a homosexual man who adopts an exaggeratedly macho appearance.
verb
propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone. ▲Biochemistry replicate (a fragment of DNA placed in an organism).
make an identical copy of.
illegally copy the security codes from (a mobile phone) to others as a way of obtaining free calls.


clonal adjective
clonality noun
cloner noun


early 20th cent.: from Gk kl014D;n 'twig'.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  knockoff, clon, ringer, dead ringer