Meanings
plural biocoenoses · alternative biocenosis · alternative biocenose · alternative biocoenose
- biologyA community of interacting organisms that form a natural ecological unit.
Within a given spatiotemporal unit, a biocoenosis is a system comprising several populations of distinct interacting species.
2025, Marc Salomon, Integrative Ecology […] , Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 141 more example
The semidark cave biocoenosis is typically found at (or in proximity to) the entrance of caves and even under caverns and overhangs that, topographically speaking, would not be characterized as true caves.
2021, Stephen J. Hawkins, editor, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An annual review, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 26
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Translations
Arabic ائتلاف أحيائي
- ائتلاف أحيائي (iʔtilāf ʔaḥyāʔī)community of organisms
Catalan biocenosi
- biocenosicommunity of organisms
Chinese Mandarin 生物群落
- 生物群落 (shēngwù qúnluò)community of organisms
Finnish biokenoosi, eliöyhteisö
- biokenoosicommunity of organisms
- eliöyhteisöcommunity of organisms
French biocénose
- biocénosecommunity of organisms
German Biozönose
- Biozönosecommunity of organisms
Irish bithchéanóis
- bithchéanóiscommunity of organisms
Italian biocenosi
- biocenosicommunity of organisms
Polish biocenoza
- biocenozacommunity of organisms
Spanish biocenosis
- biocenosiscommunity of organisms
Cite this entry
biocoenosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocoenosis
“biocoenosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocoenosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biocoenosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocoenosis.
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