Simplified Chinese Meaning of colony

殖民地

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Definitions and Meaning of colony in English

Wordnet

colony (n)

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

a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

Webster

colony (n.)

A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower algae. They may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a gelatinous envelope.

A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates, etc.

A community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc.

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殖民地

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 th

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colonoscopy => 结肠镜检查, colonoscope => 结肠镜, colonnaded => 有柱廊的, colonnade => 柱廊, colonizer => 殖民者,