"biota" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /baɪˈəʊtə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-biota.wav 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) 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 /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: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 23 Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'the living organisms of a region': 97 3
  2. A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).
    Sense id: en-biota-en-noun-e~xww8sF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: epibiota, macrobiota, microbiota, mycobiota, paleobiota

Inflected forms

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