A group of animals of the same species living together and dependant on one another. Some colonies are physically connected and function as a single unit.

A colony of birds is a group of individuals of the same species which stick closely together. Colonies are typically formed for nesting or roosting purposes and are especially prevalent among shorebird and gull species.

a group of individuals of one species living together.

A group of organisms living in close proximity. An invertebrate colony is a close association of individuals of a species which are often mutually dependent and in physical contact with each other. A vertebrate colony is usually a group of individuals brought together for breeding and rearing young.

a stand or group of one species of plant, from seed origin or those connected by underground structures such as rhizomes.

a group of same-kind animals that live together.

A group of cats living wild outside, as in feral cats.

a group of related bees that live together in a hive or another dwelling as a unit

n., a stand, group, or population of neighboring plants of one species, the origin having been colonial, from seeds, or both.

a group of cells that function on one, organized unit such as Hydrodictyon

Usually refers to the way algal cells cluster together. A colony is an irregular cluster of algal cells.

A community of tens of thousands of worker bees, usually containing one queen, with or without drones.

a community of bee having a single queen, thousands of worker bees, and for many parts of the year, drones.

a group of animals of the same type living together

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

a continuous group of coral polyps forming a single unit

a group of bees with comb and brood

a group of the same kind, living together in close association

a group of two or more Aristasian households that are near to each other

a hive and its equipment and appurtenances, including one queen, bees, comb, honey, pollen and brood

a place to live, work, play, raise a family, argue with the neighbors, and grow old in low-g comfort

a super organism, an assembly of workers so tightly knit around a mother queen as to act like a single, well-coordinated entity

group of wild or feral cats living outside

all the worker bees, drones, queen, and developing brood living together in one hive or other dwelling.

A large group of a single species of organism, living close together. Some animals that live in colonies include ants and termites. Some plants that live in colonies include Yellow Pond Lily, cattails, and crabgrass.

a group of organisms of the same species living in close association with each other

A community of several thousands worker bees, drones and one queen.

A breeding aggregation of birds. A martin colony is just a random aggregation of unrelated birds attracted to a common breeding site. It is not an assemblage of birds that travels or functions as a group. Individual martins arrive in spring, and depart in late summer, independently of each other. At the colony site, individual martins aggressively compete with each other for nest cavities and mates. They in no way help or cooperate with each other. A person has a colony of Purple Martins (and is officially a "martin landlord") when they have two or more pairs breeding in the nesting compartments they offer.

A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together.

group of people or animals

a group of individuals of the same species produced vegetatively or by seed, that may or may not be genetically identical.

large group of penguins living together

A community of almost fifty to sixty thousand worker bees, usually containing one queen, with or without drones. (based on Latin 'colonia')

group of cells all derived from one recent mother cell and held together by an extracellular matrix, but not closely adhering to each other and not integrated as a single individual.

Colonial: many organisms living closely together for mutual benefit, for example sharing nutrients. Graptolites and corals can be colonial.

A group of living things of the same species found within a defined area.

A group of hamsters that lives together. Colonies consist of one male and several females or several of the same sex. (Not recommended living conditions for hamsters in captivity.)

a group of social insects having a queen and workers

An animal population maintained under some degree of control for the purpose of reproduction. A group of animals representing a single genetic pool produced at a single site under identical conditions of management.

the aggregate of worker bees, drones, queen, and developing brood living together as a family unit in a hive or other dwelling.

An aggregation of individuals with some degree of organization in a community, normally of one species.

In biology, a colony (from Latin colonia) refers to several individual organisms of the same species living closely together, usually for mutual benefit, such as stronger defences, the ability to attack bigger prey, etc. Some insects (ants and honey bees, for example) live only in colonies. The Portuguese Man o' War, is an example of a colony of four different polyps.

The cluster of bacteria that grow from a single bacterium on a nutrient agar dish after a period of incubation.

A population of cells growing on the surface of a solid medium; can be seen with the naked eye.

a discrete growth usually discernable by the naked eye; this term is usually used in reference to growth originating from a single spore or cell

A cluster of microorganisms growing on a surface of or within a nutrient medium. A colony contains millions of bacteria cells.

A colony of is a group of cells which usually form a small white-to-clear (if E. coli) bump on a plate. Each colony represents millions of cells, all of which are clones of one original cell.

A visible group of cells arising from a single cell plated on solid medium.

a large number of microorganisms that grow from a single cell within a substance called a culture

a loose association of independent cells in which there may be some cells specialized for reproduction

a pile or mass of a sufficiently large number of cells, growing on or in solid medium , that they are visible to the naked eye

a set of cells with a same color and shape

a single point of growth of mold and may be the result of more than one germinating mold spore

a small area of growth that ideally represents the progeny of a single bacterial cell

a visible mass of microbial cells that theoretically arose from one cell

a visible mass of microorganisms growing on an agar surface and usually originating from a single organism or arrangement of organisms

a visible mass of microorganisms growing on the agar surface

coherent mycelium or mass of cells, like yeast cells, of one origin.

A group of identical cells (clones) resulting from repeated divisions of a single cell. The identical cells form a cluster that lies on the surface of a food source such as a nutrient agar plate.

A visible clone of cells.

An individual fungal growth on an agar culture plate or natural/manufactured substrate, when the fungus has grown sufficiently to be readily seen with a hand lens or low-power microscope.

A group of identical cells derived from a single ancestor cell.

a visible mass of bacteria growing on solidifed medium, a clone

A newly-organized group working toward becoming a chartered chapter of an international fraternity or sorority.

A new organization that is awaiting official recognition from their national to have a chapter at a campus.

status of a new chapter before installation

A student organization in the final stage before to being installed as a chartered chapter of a Greek-letter organization.

A planet of colonial status.

Status of a new chapter prior to installation

the status of a new group of undergraduate members at a given college or university prior to meeting the standards for chartering and becoming a chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha.

Status of a group of collegiate members preparing to qualify for official chartering by a fraternity.

A representative group of a fraternity or sorority that is seeking full Chapter status

A student organization in the final stage before being installed as a charted chapter of a nationally affiliated organization.

A colony is a probationary member of a national fraternity. A group wishing to become a member of a fraternity must first petition for status as a colony. If the colony prospers, the colony may later be chartered, thereby becoming a full chapter of the fraternity.

A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

a settlement of people in another land who are ruled by their mother country BACK

a territory that is far away from the country that governs (rules) it

A settlement or settlers in a new country, which comes partially or completely under another country (often called the mother country or motherland).

a country that is taken over and ruled by another one.

A colony is a country or area controlled by another country. Colony can also describe people who settle far from home but keep links with their homeland.

a body of people living in a territory ruled by a distant power called a mother country or parent state.

a territory owned by a distant state and governed from that state. Colonies are never sovereign, and most have struggled to achieve independence. Most states of the world today, including Canada, have spent years as colonies of one or another European state.

an area that is ruled by a distant country

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

a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

a body of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with the parent state

a country under the direct military or administrative control of an imperialist country

a land or a place that a country claims as its own

a settlement in one land supported by another land, and imperialism is the practice of building empires to support trade

a settlement made by emigrants from the mother country

a territory or region that is controlled by the government of another country

a territory separated from but subject to a ruling power

a territory that an imperialist power rules directly

A place that is ruled by another country.

A settlement or territory ruled by another country.

the human settlements on Luna

A settlement of people who leave their country to go live in a new land. The British and French governments both set up colonies in North America hundreds of years ago. The British won control of these colonies in the Seven Years War.

colony is a group of people living in a new territory but are controlled by the government of another country. Colonists are the members of a colony.

( Ecol.). A new group of two or more species invading a new territory. (Clements and Shelford, 1949) Cf. Family.

The word "colony" brings to mind the custom of European nations who, after taking possession of a foreign territory, settled and governed it applying the same laws as in their mother land. France, England, Spain and Portugal acted this way in North and South America. In order to increase their influence and gain a stronghold on the conquered territories, they sent colonists to settle and start families.

Settlement in one country that is ruled by the government of another country

a region politically controlled by a different country (for example, early New Zealand, which was controlled by the British Empire); a dependency