œcology

A form of ecology — The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

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Meanings

nounœcology (countable and uncountable, plural œcologies)

plural œcologies

  1. archaiccountableuncountableArchaic spelling of ecology.

    Other species vary simply through environment, and when such varieties are grown side by side under the same conditions they become indistinguishable. In such cases œcology can assist systematic work and check its results.

    1899, L. Cockayne, Plant Geography of the Waimakariri, page 99
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