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œcological

œcological is the obsolete form of ecological.

Meaning of ecological

Adjective

ecological (comparative more ecological, superlative most ecological)

  1. Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
    • Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir...2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193
  2. Not harmful to the environment.

Questions about œcological

What is œcological the obsolete form of?
Œcological is the obsolete form of ecological.

Words near œcological in the dictionary

  1. ŏ
  2. œ
  3. Œchalia
  4. Œcles
  5. œcologic
  6. œcological
  7. œcologically
  8. œcologies
  9. œcologist
  10. œcologists
  11. œcology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: œcological (page history and authors); ecological (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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