Colony and Family

Colony

Colony noun - A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.

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Family and colony are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Family" instead a noun "Colony".

Family noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

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Colony and family are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Colony" instead a noun "Family".

Nearby Word: familial

old	old colony	old family
full	full colony	full family
normal	normal colony	normal family
original	original colony	original family
Other adjectives: single, small, entire, large, huge, little, main, ancient, new, former, titular, different, local, surviving.

The Mechanist from Avatar: The Last Airbender creates weapons of war for the Fire Nation, because his work gives protection for his family and colony.

Source: Reluctant Mad Scientist
New America: A story of captives and a dysfunctional family, taking place in and around a human colony on the planet Novaus.

Source: Sci-Fi Webcomics
Kodos "the Executioner", former governor of the Earth colony of Tarsus IV, was responsible for the massacre of over 4000 people, including members of Kirk's family.

Source: Cold Equation

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