colonial

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony (synset 302710765)
  2. Of animals who live in colonies, such as ants (synset 302710935)
  3. Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony (synset 302184957)
    "coral is a colonial organism"
    referred to in: zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals
    similar to: complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
    same as: compound
Noun
  1. A resident of a colony (synset 109957146)
    is a type of: occupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
    belongs to: colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

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