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swarm

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swarm
1. a group of social insects, esp bees led by a queen, that has left the parent hive in order to start a new colony
2. a large mass of small animals, esp insects


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The little swarm shivered as they watched the dwarf drone-grubs squirm feebly on the grass.
A swarm of hungry blood-sucking flies settled upon him.
Then the cocoa-nuts would be ripe for picking, and her cousins (like all the natives, Ata had a host of relatives) would swarm up the trees and throw down the big ripe nuts.
 
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