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biota

noun
/baɪˈəʊtə/

Etymology

From New Latin biota, from Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), from βίος (bíos).

  1. derived from βιοτή
  2. borrowed from biota

Definitions

  1. The living organisms of a region.

    • Although the broad macroevolutionary consequences of mass extinctions are well known (as in the dinosaurs-mammals changeover), their long-term effects on the temporal and spatial dynamics of clades and biotas are rarely investigated.

  2. A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biota. 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