ECOLOGY

ecology, bionomics, environmental science

(noun) the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

ecology

(noun) the environment as it relates to living organisms; “it changed the ecology of the island”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ecology (countable and uncountable, plural ecologies)

(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

Hyponyms

• agroecology

• autecology

• chemical ecology

• dendroecology

• ethnoecology

• geoecology

• hydroecology

• macroecology

• myrmecology

• palaeoecology

• paleoecology

• photoecology

• radioecology

• restoration ecology

• social ecology

• socioecology

• synecology

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

4 January 2025

RESURGE

(verb) rise again; “His need for a meal resurged”; “The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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