biota
See also: Biota
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin biota, from Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), from βίος (bíos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbiota (plural biotas)
- (ecology) The living organisms of a region.
- 2009 February 6, Andrew Z. Krug et al., “Signature of the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction in the Modern Biota”, in Science[1], volume 323, number 5915, , pages 767–771:
- Although the broad macroevolutionary consequences of mass extinctions are well known (as in the dinosaurs-mammals changeover), their long-term effects on the temporal and spatial dynamics of clades and biotas are rarely investigated.
- A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).
Derived terms
editTranslations
editthe living organisms of a region
Spanish
editNoun
editbiota f (plural biotas)
Further reading
edit- “biota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian
editAdjective
editbiota
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