n.
   - Biology  an organism or cell, or a group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor to which they are genetically identical.
 - a person or thing regarded as an exact copy of another.
 - informal (within gay culture) a homosexual man who adopts an exaggeratedly macho appearance.
 
v.
   - propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone. 
▸Biochemistry  replicate (a fragment of DNA placed in an organism).
 - make an identical copy of.
 - illegally copy the security codes from (a mobile phone) to others as a way of obtaining free calls.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - clonal adj.
  - clonality n.
  - cloner n.
 
   
  Etymology
  early 20th cent.: from Gk klōn ‘twig’.