biota

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).

词形变化

biotas plural

词源

From New Latin biota, from Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), from βίος (bíos).
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