noun
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Meanings
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noun
The study of the relationships between living things and their environment.
She is studying marine ecology at university.
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noun
The pattern of relationships between living things and their surroundings in a particular place.
Building the dam changed the ecology of the whole valley.
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Synonyms
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noun
· the study of the...
bionomics
Word family
Forms
ecologies
Derived forms
aeroecologyagroecologyanthecologyarcologyastroecologyautecologybioecologychemoecologychronoecologydendroecologyeco-ecological
Etymology
Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy.
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