query | A c_____ of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together.A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together. The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds. The caterpillars feed in large colonies. |
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word | colony |
full-definition | noun A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country. He was born in Algeria, a former colony of France. ...the quantity of gold and silver raised in the Spanish colonies. You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind of colony . The pretty town of Cranbrook became a thriving artists' colony. ...a penal colony. ...industrial colonies. The colonies means all the countries that used to be British colonies. Many of our troops and officers were scattered around the world in the service of His Majesty in the colonies. The colonies means the 13 British colonies in North America which formed the original United States . On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year. A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together. The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds. The caterpillars feed in large colonies. |
inflections | colonies |
cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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