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biogeography en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos) Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) ▲ Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) ▲ Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā) Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)bor. Latin geōgraphia Middle French géographie English geography English biogeography From bio- + geography.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things.
2. (countable) The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.
   • First, any international traveler knows that many pathogenic microbes, both viral and bacterial, have distinct biogeographies. 2004, Brian P. Hedlund, James T. Staley, “Microbial Endemism and Biogeography”, in Alan T. Bull, editor, Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting, →ISBN, page 225:

Forms

Deriveds

phylobiogeography · panbiogeography · paleobiogeography · biogeographical

Relateds

cytogeography · biogeographic

Translations (57)

gl bioxeografía (study of geographical distribution of living things) · cy bioddaearyddiaeth (study of geographical distribution of living things) · sk biogeografia (study of geographical distribution of living things) · fa جغرافیای زیستی (study of geographical distribution of living things) · el βιογεωγραφία (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ms biogeografi (study of geographical distribution of living things) · id biogeografi (study of geographical distribution of living things) · bg биогеография (study of geographical distribution of living things) · lv bioģeogrāfija (study of geographical distribution of living things) · mk биогеографија (study of geographical distribution of living things) · lt biogeografija (study of geographical distribution of living things) · vi địa lý sinh học (study of geographical distribution of living things) · nl biogeografie (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ba биогеография (study of geographical distribution of living things) · pl biogeografia (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ml ജൈവഭൂമിശാസ്ത്രം (study of geographical distribution of living things) · hi जैवभूगोल (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ka ბიოგეოგრაფია (study of geographical distribution of living things) · es biogeografía (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ga bithgheografaíocht (study of geographical distribution of living things) · tg биоҷуғрофия (study of geographical distribution of living things) · sl biogeografija (study of geographical distribution of living things) · fi eliömaantiede (study of geographical distribution of living things) · be біягеаграфія (study of geographical distribution of living things) · tr biyocoğrafya (study of geographical distribution of living things) · la biogeographia (study of geographical distribution of living things) · de Biogeographie (study of geographical distribution of living things) · th ชีวภูมิศาสตร์ (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ps ژونځمکپوهنه (study of geographical distribution of living things) · km ជីវភូមិវិទ្យា (study of geographical distribution of living things) · sv biogeografi (study of geographical distribution of living things) · pt biogeografia (study of geographical distribution of living things) · fr biogéographie (study of geographical distribution of living things) · hu biogeográfia (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ko 생물지리학 (study of geographical distribution of living things) · eo biogeografio (study of geographical distribution of living things) · is líflandafræði (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ro biogeografie (study of geographical distribution of living things) · et biogeograafia (study of geographical distribution of living things) · kk биогеография (study of geographical distribution of living things) · af biogeografie (study of geographical distribution of living things) · cmn 生物地理學 /生物地理学 (study of geographical distribution of living things) · cs biogeografie (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ja 生物地理学 (study of geographical distribution of living things) · az biocoğrafiya (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ky биогеография (study of geographical distribution of living things) · it biogeografia (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ga bitíreolaíocht (study of geographical distribution of living things) · fi biogeografia (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ta உயிர்ப்புவியியல் (study of geographical distribution of living things) · bn জীবভূগোল (study of geographical distribution of living things) · bh जीवभूगोल (study of geographical distribution of living things) · hy կենսաաշխարհագրություն (study of geographical distribution of living things) · bn জৈব-ভূগোল (study of geographical distribution of living things) · uk біогеографія (study of geographical distribution of living things) · cv биогеографи (study of geographical distribution of living things) · ru биогеогра́фия (study of geographical distribution of living things)