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WILMUT

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Overview

WILMUT (noun)
  The noun WILMUT has 1 sense:

1. English geneticist who succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell from an adult ewe (born in 1944)play

  Familiarity information: WILMUT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


WILMUT (noun)


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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