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clone noun

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Definition

a plant or animal which has the same genes as the original from which it was produced
informal disapproving someone or something that looks very much like someone or something else
Most people saw her as just another blond-haired, red-lipped Marilyn Monroe clone.
specialized a computer that operates in a very similar way to the one that it was copied from

(Definition of clone noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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