Biota

//baɪˈəʊtə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The living organisms of a region.

    "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."

  2. 2
    all the plant and animal life of a particular region wordnet
  3. 3
    A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).

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biologybiospherebrawnecospherefiberflesh

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"For a start, we have a very incomplete knowledge of the earth's biota."

Etymology

From New Latin biota, from Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), from βίος (bíos).

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