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bioaccumulator

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accumulātorbor. English accumulator English bioaccumulator From bio- + accumulator.

  1. derived from accumulator English bioaccumulator From bio- + accumulator
  2. derived from cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accumulātorbor
  3. derived from bio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder
  4. derived from *gʷeyh₃-der✻

Definitions

  1. A biological or biochemical accumulator

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bioaccumulator. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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