BIODIVERSITY

biodiversity

(noun) the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); “a high level of biodiversity is desirable”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

biodiversity (countable and uncountable, plural biodiversities)

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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