n 1  :  the aggregate of the asexually produced progeny of an individual : also  :  a group of replicas of all or part of a macromolecule (as DNA or an antibody)  2  :  an individual grown from a single somatic cell of its parent and genetically identical to it clon*al adj clon*al*ly adv 
, vb, cloned  clon*ing vt  :  to propagate a clone from <frogs have been successfully cloned by transplanting nuclei from body cells to enucleated eggs>  vi  :  to produce a clone .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Cal·an   clean  clin  co·lon 
 
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