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recolonize

Pronunciation: /riːˈkɒlənʌɪz/
(also recolonise)
Definition of recolonize

verb

[with object]
  • (chiefly of a plant or animal species) colonize (a region or habitat) again: a setback to the peregrine’s attempts to recolonize this part of Scotland

Derivatives

recolonization

Pronunciation: /-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

recolonize in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of recolonize in the US English dictionary
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