maternity colony

collocation in English

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maternity
adjective[before noun]
uk
/məˈtɜː.nə.ti/us
/məˈtɝː.nə.t̬i/
related to pregnancy ...
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colony
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒl.ə.ni/us
/ˈkɑː.lə.ni/
a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often ...
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(Definition ofmaternityandcolonyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There are 11 species of bats that call the monument home, often using hollows burned into the redwoods by past fires as amaternitycolony.
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Indiana bats demonstrate strong site fidelity, returning to the samematernitycolonyyear after year (unless the tree is felled to clear land for human development).
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Maternity colonies are found in the warmer parts of the caves.
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The nursing females form maternity colonies of 2040 individuals in one tent roost.
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The group also avoids caves with bat maternity colonies during the summer months.
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These maternity colonies roost in foliage and are usually exposed to more light than any other bat species.
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Three maternity colonies have been identified which have at least eighty breeding females.
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Females start to aggregate in late spring in maternity colonies, and their young are born in summer.
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After the breeding season, pregnant females separate themselves into maternity colonies.
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Males are solitary, whereas females gather in maternity colonies in the spring and summer, consisting of up to 75 adults with their offspring.
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When they wake up from hibernation, the females form maternity colonies that are no bigger than 20 bats, whereas the males roost alone during summer.
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In keeping with their mostly solitary nature, females raise their young alone or in small maternity colonies of no more than a dozen bats.
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