biotag

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noun

A small radio or optical telemetry transmitter used in wildlife ecology

OriginEnglish tag ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- →
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Meanings

nounbiotag (plural biotags)

plural biotags

  1. A small radio or optical telemetry transmitter used in wildlife ecology
verbbiotag (third-person singular simple present biotags, present participle biotagging, simple past and past participle biotagged)

present singular third person biotags · participle present biotagging · participle past biotagged · past biotagged

  1. To attach such a device to an animal

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Englishtag
  6. Englishbiotag

From bio- + tag.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bitaogTigbao
Cite this entry
APA

biotag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biotag

MLA

“biotag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biotag. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biotag,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biotag.

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