Biota Definition

bī-ōtə
noun
The plant and animal life of a region.
Webster's New World
The living organisms of a region or habitat.
Soil biota; the biota of Australia.
American Heritage Medicine

(biology) The living organisms of a region.

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Other Word Forms of Biota

Noun

Singular:
biota
Plural:
biotas

Origin of Biota

  • New Latin from Greek biotē way of life from bios life gwei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek, ultimately from βίος (bios).

    From Wiktionary

Biota Sentence Examples

  • For a start, we have a very incomplete knowledge of the earth's biota.

  • They also support a unique biota, notably six inadequately protected bird species.

  • The island has the most remarkable biota of any of the islands in the NW Chain.

  • The dissolved CO 2 in the oceans is used by marine biota in photosynthesis.

  • The diets were dominated by pelagic and benthopelagic prey and relatively little use was made of the benthic biota.

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Words Starting With

BBIBIO

Words Ending With

ATAOTA

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biota

Words Starting With B and Ending With A

Starts With B & Ends With AStarts With BI & Ends With AStarts With B & Ends With TA

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