bioindicator

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ indicator.

Noun

bioindicator (plural bioindicators)

1. (biology) Any species that acts as a biological indicator of the health of an environment.

Hyponyms

• climate canary

Translations

indicator of environmental health

• Finnish: bioindikaattori
• French: bioindicateur (fr) m, biorévélateur m
• Indonesian: bioindikator
• Italian: bioindicatore (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: indikatorart m or f

  Nynorsk: indikatorart m or f

• Polish: bioindykator (pl) m
• Portuguese: bioindicador m
• Spanish: bioindicador m

See also

• biochemical
• biomarker
• biomolecule
• biosignature
• miner's canary