colony

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Noun

Singular colony

Plural colonies

clony in biology(E.coli)

clony in biology

1. A colony is a place that is settled by people from another place.

   The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from New York and Germany

2. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

   An ant colony is a large group of ants that live together