Term: cloning: a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)
Candidate hypernym: biological research: scientific research conducted by biologists → 1
Candidate hypernym: sensing: becoming aware of something via the senses → 0
Candidate hypernym: thallophyte: any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf → 0
Candidate hypernym: soda water: effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide → 0
Candidate hypernym: whipping: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment → 0
Candidate hypernym: dislocation: a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) → 0
Candidate hypernym: picrasma: small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: comb: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds → 0
Candidate hypernym: rag doll: a cloth doll that is stuffed and (usually) painted → 0
Candidate hypernym: ldl cholesterol: the cholesterol in low-density lipoproteins; the `bad' cholesterol; a high level in the blood is thought to be related to various pathogenic conditions → 0
Candidate hypernym: gum resin: a mixture of resin and gum → 0