- (n.) A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
- (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
- (n.) A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.
- (n.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
- (n.) A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates, etc.
- (n.) A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, especially among the lower algae. They may adhere in chains or groups or be held together by a gelatinous envelope.
- (n.) A community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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