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ecology
CIDE DICTIONARY
ecology, n. [Gr. o'i^kos house + -logy.].
the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ecology, n.
1 the branch of biology dealing with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
2 (in full human ecology) the study of the interaction of people with their environment.
1 the branch of biology dealing with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
2 (in full human ecology) the study of the interaction of people with their environment.
Derivative
ecological adj. ecologically adv. ecologist n.
Etymology
G {Ouml}kologie f. Gk oikos house
THESAURUS
ecology
aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, animal physiology, anthropology, astrobiology, autecology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology, commensality, comparative anatomy, conchology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, ecoclimate, ecodeme, ecosystem, electrobiology, element, embryology, entomology, enzymology, ethnobiology, ethology, exobiology, genetics, gnotobiotics, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, life science, malacology, mammalogy, medium, microbiology, molecular biology, ornithology, parasitism, pharmacology, physiology, protozoology, radiobiology, symbiosis, symbiotics, synecology, taxidermy, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomyROGET THESAURUS
ecology
Organization
N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.Also see definition of "ecology" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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