clone

A plant or animal made from another one, with exactly the same genes.

• The sheep was a clone.
• Scientists grew clones of the strongest plants.
• Each clone has the same genes as its parent.

How to use it: a clone of something (This plant is a clone of the original rose.)

Common phrases: animal clone, genetic clone, clone of something

Something made to look or work almost exactly like something else.

• This game is a cheap clone.
• Several clones of the popular app appeared online.
• The new computer was almost a clone of mine.

How to use it: a clone of something (Their new phone is a clone of a famous model.)

Similar words: copy, imitation, replica

Opposites: original

Common phrases: cheap clone, computer clone, clone of something

A group of cells that all developed from one cell and have the same genes.

• The cells formed a single clone.
• Each clone developed from one cell in the culture.
• Researchers isolated several clones for further study.

Common phrases: cell clone, bacterial clone, single clone

To make an exact copy of something, including a living thing.

• Scientists can clone some plants.
• She cloned the hard drive before replacing it.
• The team has successfully cloned an animal.

Similar words: copy, duplicate, replicate

Common phrases: clone a sheep, clone a plant, clone a drive, clone an animal