colonial
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4.3
- adjective
- /kəˈloʊniəl/
- Specialized
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colonial
- The colonial community benefits because Franklin's printing company models entrepreneurial success and the benefits of corporate partnership.
- colonial period
Examples
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There are lots of colonial protozoa as well.
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Coral polyps are fascinating colonial animals that form large reef structures together.
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The comparative absence of class tension in colonial Georgia owed much to the success of their activities.
Academic text (2007) -
Over the next few days, we sank test pits into the colonial strata and started finding the occasional interesting object.
Fiction book (2002) -
Consequently, stone pavements are not found, and algal growth is restricted mainly to colonial green algae growing on the underside of rocks.
Academic text (1999) -
The spectacular view of the colony showed how colonial organisms thrive in their environment.
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Ants are a prime example of colonial insects, working together to build their nests.
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.2
Buildings from when one country ruled another that show the ruler's style
How Social
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Colonial comes from the old word colonia meaning 'settlement' and colonus meaning 'farmer' or 'settler', so you can think of colonial animals or plants as living together like people in a small village.