ECOLOGY


Meaning of ECOLOGY in English

[ ɪ'kɒlədʒi , ɛ- ]

■ noun the branch of biology concerned with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Derivatives

ecological adjective

ecologically adverb

ecologist noun

Origin

C19 (orig. as o~ ): from Gk oikos 'house' + -logy .

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