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CLON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clon mean?
• CLON (noun)
The noun CLON has 1 sense:
1. a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
Familiarity information: CLON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
clon; clone
Hypernyms ("clon" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
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