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biome

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Noun
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bi=ome

CIDE DICTIONARY

biomen. [Gr. bi`os life.].
  •  a specific type of complex ecological community characterized by specific environmental conditions and a distinctive group of plants and animals, maintained in a relatively stable equilibrium, such as a rain forest biome or prairie biome.  [PJC]
  •  a particular region which is a biome{1}.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

biome, n.
1 a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna adapted to the particular conditions in which they occur, e.g. tundra.
2 the geographical region containing such a community.

Etymology
BIO- + -OME

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