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euryoecious

euryoecious adjective: able to live in variable habitats or conditions.

Adjective

euryoecious (not comparable)

  1. Able to live in variable habitats or conditions.
    • […] be stenoecious for that factor, while those with a large amplitude are designated euryoecious. […] Euryoecious species, by contrast, do not reflect the character of their habitat in regard to the variable for which they have a broad range.1971, Martin Alexander, Microbial Ecology, page 135
    • Both clades appear to harbor widespread euryoecious species.2015 November 19, “Global Habitat Suitability and Ecological Niche Separation in the Phylum Placozoa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    euryokous

Synonyms of euryoecious

Origin of euryoecious

From Ancient Greek εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”) + Ancient Greek οἰκέω (oikéō, “to dwell”). By surface analysis, eury- + -oecious.

Questions about euryoecious

What does euryoecious mean?
Euryoecious means able to live in variable habitats or conditions.
What part of speech is euryoecious?
Euryoecious is an adjective.

Words near euryoecious in the dictionary

  1. eurylaimids
  2. euryleptid
  3. euryleptids
  4. eurymylid
  5. eurymylids
  6. euryoecious
  7. euryoecy
  8. euryokous
  9. euryoky
  10. euryon
  11. euryons

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