For a start, we have a very incomplete knowledge of the earth's biota.
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Biota
//baɪˈəʊtə//
Synonyms for "biota" (8 found)
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12 translations across 9 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 地方生物誌 /地方生物志 noun (the living organisms of a region)
- 生物相 noun (the living organisms of a region)
- 生物群 noun (the living organisms of a region)
Finnish
2 entries- biota noun (the living organisms of a region)
- eliöstö noun (the living organisms of a region)
French
1 entries- biote noun (the living organisms of a region)
German
1 entries- Biota noun (the living organisms of a region)
Greek
1 entries- βιόκοσμος noun (the living organisms of a region)
Hungarian
1 entries- bióta noun (the living organisms of a region)
Italian
1 entries- biota noun (the living organisms of a region)
Occitan
1 entries- biòta noun (the living organisms of a region)
Portuguese
1 entries- biota noun (the living organisms of a region)
Sample sentences
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Of course we are concerned about those animals that live in the river itself, such as hippos and crocodiles, and a whole host of small biota.
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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.
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