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Ecology : [ɪk'ɑlədʒi] [ik'ɑlədʒi] oecology \ oe* col" o* gy\ ([- e]* k[ o^] l"[- o]* j[ y^]), n. [ Gr. o' i^ kos house - logy.] ( Biol.) The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world; -- now more commonly spelled { ecology}. [ Also spelled { ecology}.] [ 1913 Webster]
ecology \ ecology\ ([- e]* k[ o^] l"[- o]* j[ y^]), n. [ Gr. o' i^ kos house - logy.] ( Biol.) the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment. [ PJC] ecology n 1: the environment as it relates to living organisms; " it changed the ecology of the island" 2: the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment [ synonym: { ecology}, { bionomics}, { environmental science}] 70 Moby Thesaurus words for " ecology": aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, animal physiology, anthropology, astrobiology, autecology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology, commensality, comparative anatomy, conchology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, ecoclimate, ecodeme, ecosystem, electrobiology, element, embryology, entomology, enzymology, ethnobiology, ethology, exobiology, genetics, gnotobiotics, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, life science, malacology, mammalogy, medium, microbiology, molecular biology, ornithology, parasitism, pharmacology, physiology, protozoology, radiobiology, symbiosis, symbiotics, synecology, taxidermy, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy |
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