English Explanatory Dictionary

biocoenosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A community of interacting organisms that form a natural ecological unit.

Word forms

biocoenosis biocoenoses biocenosis biocenose biocoenose

Etymology

Borrowed from German Biozönose, coined by German zoologist and ecologist Karl Möbius in 1877, equivalent to bio- + Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + -osis.

Related words

biocoenological biocoenology biocoenotic palaeobiocoenosis
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