ecology

Noun
Synonyms: bionomicsenvironmental science

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the environment as it relates to living organisms“it changed the ecology of the island”
  2. the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environmentSynonyms: bionomicsenvironmental science
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

oecology \oe*col"o*gy\ ([-e]*k[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. o'i^kos house + -logy.] (Biol.) The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world; -- now more commonly spelled ecology. [Also spelled ecology.] [1913 Webster]
ecology \ecology\ ([-e]*k[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. o'i^kos house + -logy.] (Biol.) the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment. [PJC]
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