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biotope

biotope noun: a geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals.

Noun

biotope (plural biotopes)

  1. A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals
  2. (figuratively) a context where someone feels 'naturally' at home, such as their field of professional or scientific expertise

biotope meaning in Tamil and Arabic

biotope in Tamil

உயிரிடம்

biotope in Arabic

geographical area
موطن أحيائي mawṭin ʔaḥyāʔī

Forms of biotope

pluralbiotopes

Origin of biotope

Borrowed from German Biotop, from bio- (“life”) + -tope (“place”).

Words formed from biotope

Questions about biotope

What does biotope mean?
Biotope means a geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals.
What is biotope in Tamil?
Biotope in Tamil is உயிரிடம். See Biotope meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is biotope?
Biotope is a noun.
What is the plural of biotope?
The plural of biotope is biotopes.

Words near biotope in the dictionary

  1. biotitizing
  2. biotolerable
  3. biotome
  4. biotomes
  5. biotomy
  6. biotope
  7. biotopes
  8. biotopic
  9. biotoxic
  10. biotoxicities
  11. biotoxicity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: biotope (page history and authors); biotope (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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