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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The study of an organism and its relation to its environment; ecology. uncountable
2. 2
   the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ecologyaerobiologyagrobiologyanatomyastrobiologyautecology

Etymology

From bio- + -nomics.

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