subcolony

noun

sub·col·o·ny | \ˌsəb-ˈkä-lə-nē

\

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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