Thanatocoenosis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A collection of dead life forms that are found together, having previously interacted as a community within an ecosystem.

Synonyms

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death assemblagethanatocoenosethanatocoenose

Etymology

From thanato- + coenosis.

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life form

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