pūrua tōkai-kore

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1. (verb) to clone.

He aha i pūrua tōkai-kore ai te hipi e mōhio whānuitia ana ko Dolly? (RP 2009:360). / Why was the sheep known widely as Dolly cloned?

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2. (modifier) cloning.

Rārangihia mai ngā painga ka puta i te mahi pūrua tōkai-kore me ngā tautohenga whakahē (RP 2009:360). / List the benefits from the work of cloning and the arguments against it.

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3. (noun) clone, cloning .

Kō te whāinga a ētahi kaimātai pūtaiao, he pūrua tōkai-kore i ngā momo kua tata korehāhā (RP 2009:360). / The aim of some scientists is cloning the species close to extinction.

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