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biocolonization

noun

Etymology

From bio- + colonization.

  1. derived from *kʷel-✻
  2. derived from colōnia
  3. inherited from colane
  4. suffixed as colonize — “colony + ize”
  5. suffixed as colonization — “colonize + ation”
  6. prefixed as biocolonization — “bio + colonization”

Definitions

  1. Colonization (typically of a surface) by biological organisms.

    • The shorter interval is likely because biocolonization becomes disfiguring more quickly once it has been established. The rate of recolonization may also have increased because horizontal surfaces of capstones were not cleaned […]

  2. Colonization (and taking control) of populations or states by taking control of their…

    Colonization (and taking control) of populations or states by taking control of their agricultural resources and making them reliant on the colonizer's (bio)medical or agricultural (especially genetically-modified) supplies.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA