Supercolony

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A group of nests whose ants do not exhibit mutual aggression.

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"A new study led by researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution outlines the discovery of a previously unknown “supercolony” of more than 1.5 million Adélie penguins living on the Danger islands, off the northernmost tip of the Antarctic Peninsula."

Etymology

From super- + colony.

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