biota en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [baɪˈoʊɾə] (Canada, General-American)
- [bɑe̯ˈɐʉ̯tə] (New-Zealand)
- /baɪˈəʊtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /bɑeˈəʉtə/ (Australia)
- [bɑeˈəʉɾə] (Australia)
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- [bɑe̯ˈɐʉ̯ɾə] (New-Zealand)
- /baɪˈoʊtə/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From New Latin biota, from Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), from βίος (bíos).
Meanings
- (uncountable) Synonym of life; Biota; all living things.
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(countable, uncountable) The living organisms of a region.
Although the broad macroevolutionary consequences of mass extinctions are well known (as in the dinosaurs-mammals changeover), their long-term effects on the temporal and spatial dynamics of clades and biotas are rarely investigated.
2009 February 6, Andrew Z. Krug et al., “Signature of the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction in the Modern Biota”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 767–771:
- (countable, uncountable) A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| biotas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
microbiota · mycobiota · macrobiota · gnotobiota · paleobiota · epibiota
Synonyms
Translations (17)
bg източна туя (Platycladus orientalis) · fi eliöstö (the living organisms of a region) · cmn 生物相 (the living organisms of a region) · bg източен мазия (Platycladus orientalis) · cmn 生物群 (the living organisms of a region) · fi biota (the living organisms of a region) · it biota (the living organisms of a region) · fr biote (the living organisms of a region) · oc biòta (the living organisms of a region) · bg източен платикладус (Platycladus orientalis) · pt biota (the living organisms of a region) · et bioota (the living organisms of a region) · el βιόκοσμος (the living organisms of a region) · et elustik (the living organisms of a region) · hu bióta (the living organisms of a region) · bg източна биота (Platycladus orientalis) · de Biota (the living organisms of a region)