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biota

UK/baɪˈəʊtə/US/baɪˈoʊtə/

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biota noun: synonym of life; Biota; all living things.

Noun

biota (countable and uncountable, plural biotas)

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of life; Biota; all living things.
    Synonyms:
    life
  2. The living organisms of a region.
    • 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.2009 February 6, Andrew Z. Krug et al., “Signature of the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction in the Modern Biota”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 767–771
  3. A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).

Synonyms of biota

Forms of biota

pluralbiotas

Origin of biota

From New Latin biota, from Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), from βίος (bíos).

Words formed from biota

Words that rhyme with biota

Questions about biota

What does biota mean?
Biota means synonym of life; Biota; all living things.
What part of speech is biota?
Biota is a noun.
How do you pronounce biota?
Biota is pronounced /baɪˈəʊtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of biota?
The plural of biota is biotas.

Words near biota in the dictionary

  1. biot
  2. Biot number
  3. Biot numbers
  4. Biot's respiration
  5. Biot's respirations
  6. biota
  7. biotag
  8. biotagged
  9. biotagging
  10. biotags
  11. biotarget

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