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biome
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun biome has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
biome, n. [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 orprairie 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.
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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