Meanings
- not comparablebiologyAble to live in variable habitats or conditions.
Both clades appear to harbor widespread euryoecious species.
2015 November 19, “Global Habitat Suitability and Ecological Niche Separation in the Phylum Placozoa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI1 more example
[…] be stenoecious for that factor, while those with a large amplitude are designated euryoecious. […] Euryoecious species, by contrast, do not reflect the character of their habitat in regard to the variable for which they have a broad range.
1971, Martin Alexander, Microbial Ecology, page 135Synonyms: euryokous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAble to live in variable habitats or conditions.
Origin
- Ancient Greekοἰκέω“to dwell”
- Ancient Greekεὐρύς“wide”
- Englisheuryoecious
From Ancient Greek εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”) + Ancient Greek οἰκέω (oikéō, “to dwell”). By surface analysis, eury- + -oecious.
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French euryèce
- euryèceTranslations
Cite this entry
euryoecious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euryoecious
“euryoecious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euryoecious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “euryoecious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euryoecious.
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