"biota" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /baɪˈəʊtə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-biota.wav [US] Forms: biotas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊtə Etymology: From New Latin biota, from Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), from βίος (bíos). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|biota}} New Latin biota, {{der|en|grc|βιοτή}} Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), {{m|grc|βίος}} βίος (bíos) Head templates: {{en-noun}} biota (plural biotas)
  1. (ecology) The living organisms of a region. Categories (topical): Ecology Categories (lifeform): Cypress family plants Translations (the living organisms of a region): 生物群 (shēngwùqún) (Chinese Mandarin), 生物相 (shēngwùxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 地方生物誌 (Chinese Mandarin), 地方生物志 (dìfāng shēngwùzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), biota (Finnish), eliöstö (Finnish), biote [masculine] (French), Biota [feminine] (German), βιόκοσμος (viókosmos) [masculine] (Greek), bióta (Hungarian), biota (Italian), biòta [feminine] (Occitan), biota (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-biota-en-noun-2VzPuWtX Disambiguation of Cypress family plants: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 23 Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'the living organisms of a region': 98 2
  2. A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).
    Sense id: en-biota-en-noun-e~xww8sF

Inflected forms

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