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1. Several things formed together or considered as a whole: There was an aggregation of movie fans gathered outside the theatre hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars.
2. A collection or a mass of distinct or varied things, people, etc.: The aggregates of stones under the water in the bed of the stream shimmered with many colors when the sun shined on it.
3. In biology, a number of organisms of the same, or different species, living closely together but less integrated than a society: In the tide pools by the ocean, the students from the local academy counted the various aggregates of different underwater sea creatures.
2. A collection or a mass of distinct or varied things, people, etc.: The aggregates of stones under the water in the bed of the stream shimmered with many colors when the sun shined on it.
3. In biology, a number of organisms of the same, or different species, living closely together but less integrated than a society: In the tide pools by the ocean, the students from the local academy counted the various aggregates of different underwater sea creatures.
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(Greek: clot, lump; aggregation of blood factors)
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A group of individuals, comprising more than just a mated pair or a family: An aggregation refers to single life forms that have gathered in the same place but do not construct nests or rear offspring in a cooperative manner in comparison to a colony.
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male aggregation syndrome
The mating pattern in which males from different nests gather in a group and queens join them to be inseminated.
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