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colony
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colony
 a group of animals of the same type living together
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colony
 (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
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colony, settlement
 a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
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colony, dependency
 a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
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Colony
 one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
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