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sub·col·o·ny | \ ˌsəb-ˈkä-lə-nē 
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\variants:
or sub-colony
plural subcolonies or sub-colonies
Definition of subcolony
: a colony that is a subdivision of a larger colony
a breeding subcolony of penguins … the connections between mother cities and their colonies and among the colonies and subcolonies … all created a new kind of 'Greek' convergence in the ancient Mediterranean.— Irad Malkin
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The first known use of subcolony was in 1825
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