biocenosis

American  

[bahy-oh-si-noh-sis] / ˌbaɪ oʊ sɪˈnoʊ sɪs /

Or biocoenosis

noun

Ecology.

biocenoses plural

1. a self-sufficient community of naturally occurring organisms occupying and interacting within a specific biotope.

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biocenosis Scientific  

/ bī′ō-sĭ-nō′sĭs /

biocenoses plural

1. A group of interacting organisms that live in a particular habitat and form a self-regulating ecological community.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• biocenoses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of biocenosis

Translation of German Biocönose (1877), equivalent to bio- bio- + -cönose < Greek koínōsis mingling, sharing ( koinō-, verbid stem of koinoûn to make common, share (verbal derivative of koinós common; see ceno- ²) + -sis -sis )