noun

1. Biol. all the descendants derived asexually from a single individual, as by cuttings, bulbs, etc. or by fission, parthenogenesis, etc.
2. an individual produced by cloning
3. Informal a person or thing very much like another
4. Comput. a hardware or software product, esp. a personal computer, designed to function like an original, typically higher-priced, product from another manufacturer

Etymology: < Gr klōn, a twig < klan, to break: see clastic

transitive verb cloned, cloning clon′·ing

1. to produce by cloning
2. Informal to make a copy of; imitate