What is the meaning of colonial?

Of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony.
Of animals who live in colonies, such as ants.
Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony.
- usage: "coral is a colonial organism"
- synonyms: compound

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