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thanatocoenoses

thanatocoenoses is the plural of thanatocoenose.

thanatocoenoses is the plural of thanatocoenosis.

Meaning of thanatocoenose

Noun

thanatocoenose (plural thanatocoenoses)

  1. A collection of dead life forms that are found together, having previously interacted as a community within an ecosystem.
    • This sort of thanatocoenose is typical of lakes with a semi-arid climate (Early Triassic period in the Kuznetsk Basin, Middle Jurassic- Lower Cretaceous of Middle Asia).1977, H. Löffler, D. Danielopol, Aspects of Ecology and Zoogeography of Recent and Fossil Ostracoda, page 454
    Synonyms:
    thanatocoenosis, death assemblage

Meaning of thanatocoenosis

Noun

thanatocoenosis (plural thanatocoenoses)

  1. A collection of dead life forms that are found together, having previously interacted as a community within an ecosystem.
    Synonyms:
    thanatocoenose, death assemblage

Questions about thanatocoenoses

What is thanatocoenoses the plural of?
Thanatocoenoses is the plural of thanatocoenose.

Words near thanatocoenoses in the dictionary

  1. thanato-
  2. thanatocentric
  3. thanatochemical
  4. thanatochemistry
  5. thanatocoenose
  6. thanatocoenoses
  7. thanatocoenosis
  8. thanatocracies
  9. thanatocracy
  10. thanatocratic
  11. thanatofauna

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