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Colony
01
a group of people from the same place or with the same work or interests living in a particular city or country or who are connected to each other
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(biology) a community of plants or animals that live close to each other in the same place
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any territory under the full or partial control of another more powerful nation, often occupied by settlers from that nation
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(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
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one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
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a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
colony
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Example
The cave harbored colonies of bats throughout the year.
An ant, a tiny living thing, carries food back to its colony in the dirt.
Fungi colonies began to appear in the Petri dish after just 24 hours of incubation.
The marine biologist studied the unique structures of the hydroid colony.
During the winter, penguins clump together for warmth in large colonies on the Antarctic ice.
