Etymology

biocoenosis

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Today it means: A community of interacting organisms that form a natural ecological unit. Full definition →

German Biozönose
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  1. German · borrowed fromBiozönose
  2. English todaybiocoenosis

Borrowed from German Biozönose, coined by German zoologist and ecologist Karl Möbius in 1877, equivalent to bio- + Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + -osis.

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