colony
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(noun) a group of animals of the same type living together |
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Related Words: animal group |
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(noun) (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell |
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Related Words: animal group |
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(noun) a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland |
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Synonyms: settlement |
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Related Words: body, frontier settlement, outpost, proprietary colony |
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(noun) one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States |
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Related Words: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region |
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(noun) a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state |
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Synonyms: dominion, mandate, province, territorial dominion, territory |
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Related Words: Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroe Islands, Faroes, French Oceania, French Polynesia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Macao, Macau, Palestine, possession, trust territory, trusteeship |
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