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ecological terrorism |
ecological warfare |
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ecology has 2 senses
- ecology(n = noun.state) Array - the environment as it relates to living organisms; "it changed the ecology of the island" is a kind of environment
- ecology(n = noun.cognition) bionomics, environmental science - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment; Array is a kind of biological science, biology
Derived forms adjective ecologic1, adjective ecological1, noun ecologist1
has particulars: palaeoecology, paleoecology
Derived forms adjective ecologic2, adjective ecological2, noun ecologist1
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
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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.
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