Colony (The X-Files) definition

noun

(1) A group of animals of the same type living together

(2) (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

(3) 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

(4) A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

(5) One of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States