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biocenosis

Or ··DZ·Դ·

[bahy-oh-si-noh-sis]

noun

Ecology.

plural

biocenoses 
  1. a self-sufficient community of naturally occurring organisms occupying and interacting within a specific biotope.



biocenosis

plural

biocenoses 
  1. A group of interacting organisms that live in a particular habitat and form a self-regulating ecological community.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of biocenosis1

Translation of German dzöԴDz (1877), equivalent to bio- bio- + -öԴDz < Greek íō mingling, sharing ( Ǿō-, verbid stem of ǾԴû to make common, share (verbal derivative of Ǿó common; ceno- 2 ) + -sis -sis )

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