solitary individual

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solitary
adjective
uk
/ˈsɒl.ɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈsɑː.lə.ter.i/
A solitary person or thing is the only person or thing in ...
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individual
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us
/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which ...
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(Definition ofsolitaryandindividualfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Internecine contests then reduced the surviving larvae to asolitaryindividual.
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They could deal with time off, holidays, and refresher courses more easily than they can now insolitaryindividualpractice.
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We do not want to add onesolitaryindividualto the exemption list to which we have all agreed.
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She is asolitaryindividual.
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This later becomes detached from the aggregate and becomes asolitaryindividualready to undergo asexual reproduction by budding again.
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The bluefin trevally hunts both as asolitaryindividualand in groups of up to 20, with most fish preferring an individual approach.
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Monogamy is favored when a pair makes the defense of one or more resources more efficient than defense by asolitaryindividual.
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It is asolitaryindividualexcept where several males court a female in the breeding season.
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Thesolitaryindividual, however, could do but little.
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This could help to explain the high number of solitary individuals and the overall small size of coati groups observed.
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In this present study the densities of individuals were estimated since most sightings comprised solitary individuals.
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Juvenile hormone is an important hormone controlling ovarian development in locusts and known to induce green body colour often observed in solitary individuals.
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By publicising its existence, too, it could be the means of helping those solitary individuals still left out of the system and ignorant of what is available to help them.
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They were probably for display purposes to impress the female rather than for fighting because these moose are believed to have roamed as solitary individuals.
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It is a harsh, violent world, in which solitary individuals struggle against unforgiving elements and human violence.
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Some tunicates live as solitary individuals, but others replicate by budding and become colonies, each unit being known as a zooid.
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Surgeonfishes sometimes feed as solitary individuals, but they also often travel and feed in schools.
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Each colony is subdivided into smaller territories occupied by communal groups or solitary individuals.
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His paintings often capture one or two solitary individuals in moments of introspection.
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The new foliage is often red to bronze, a feature more common in solitary individuals.
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