Great shoals of people which go on to populate.
Bacon.
Pop`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. populatio: cf. F. population.] 1. The act or
process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.
2. The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion
of a country; as, a population of ten millions.
Pop"u*la`tor (?), n. One who populates.
Pop"u*li*cide` (?), n. [L. populus people + caedere to kill.] Slaughter
of the people. [R.]
Pop"u*lin (?), n. [L. populus poplar: cf. F. populine.] (Chem.) A
glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of
the poplar (Populus), and extracted as a sweet white crystalline
substance.
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Pop`u*los"i*ty (?), n. [L. populositas: cf. F. populositÈ.]
Populousness.[Obs.]
Pop"u*lous (?), a. [L. populosus, fr. populus people: cf. F. populeux.]
1. Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many
inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.
Heaven, yet populous, retains Number sufficient to possess her
realms.
Milton.