what does ecology mean?
ECOLOGY as NOUN
- Meaning
- the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) ecology is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Hyponym(s)
- Meaning
- the environment as it relates to living organisms
Usage Example(s)
- it changed the ecology of the island
Hypernyms(s) ecology is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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