DOLLY
Dolly
Dolly was a female domestic sheep, and the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer. She was cloned by Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and colleagues at the Roslin Institute, part of the University of Edinburgh, and the biotechnology company PPL Therapeutics near Edinburgh in Scotland, the United Kingdom. The funding for Dolly's cloning was provided by PPL Therapeutics and the Ministry of Agriculture. She was born on 5 July 1996 and she lived until the age of six, at which point she died from a progressive lung disease. She has been called "the world's most famous sheep" by sources including BBC News and ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Dolly (sheep)
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Dolly!
Dolly! was a television variety show that aired during the 1976-1977 season and featured Dolly Parton.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Dolly!
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dolly
Noun
- A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.
- A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
- In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
- A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
- A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
- A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
- (children, colloquial) A child's name for a doll.
- A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
Verb
- To hit a dolly.
- To move an object using a dolly.
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