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Definition clone in British English

clone noun

[countable] noun
/kləʊn/
1

an exact copy of an animal or plant created in a laboratory from the animal's or plant's DNA

Example

The new law would make it illegal to produce a human clone.

2

someone or something that looks or behaves exactly like someone or something else

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3

a computer or program designed to work in the same way as another computer or program

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Definition clone in British English