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subcolony

noun

Etymology

From sub- + colony.

  1. derived from *kʷel-✻
  2. derived from colōnia
  3. inherited from colane
  4. prefixed as subcolony — “sub + colony”

Definitions

  1. A colony belonging to another colony.

  2. A distinct part of a colony.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for subcolony. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA