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biocenosis

biocenosis is the alternative form of biocoenosis.

Meaning of biocoenosis

Noun

biocoenosis (plural biocoenoses)

  1. A community of interacting organisms that form a natural ecological unit.
    • The semidark cave biocoenosis is typically found at (or in proximity to) the entrance of caves and even under caverns and overhangs that, topographically speaking, would not be characterized as true caves.2021, Stephen J. Hawkins, editor, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An annual review, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 26

Forms of biocenosis

pluralbiocenoses

Questions about biocenosis

What is biocenosis the alternative form of?
Biocenosis is the alternative form of biocoenosis.

Words near biocenosis in the dictionary

  1. biocenology
  2. biocenometer
  3. biocenometers
  4. biocenose
  5. biocenoses
  6. biocenosis
  7. biocenotic
  8. biocentre
  9. biocentres
  10. biocentric
  11. biocentrism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: biocenosis (page history and authors); biocoenosis (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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