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IAN WILMUT
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• IAN WILMUT (noun)
The noun IAN WILMUT has 1 sense:
1. English geneticist who succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell from an adult ewe (born in 1944)
Familiarity information: IAN WILMUT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English geneticist who succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell from an adult ewe (born in 1944)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Ian Wilmut; Wilmut
Instance hypernyms:
geneticist (a biologist who specializes in genetics)
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