bionomic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- bionomical adjective
- bionomically adverb
Example Sentences
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Origin of Metamorphosis.—In connexion with the question whether metamorphosis has been gradually acquired, we have to consider two aspects, viz. the bionomic nature of metamorphosis, and to what extent it existed in primitive insects.
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Although he deals mainly with Indian forms the book contains an unusually full account of the life-history and bionomics of freshwater Sponges, Polyzoa, and Hydrozoa.
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In any case the various Nearctic subdivisions completely merge into each other, just as is to be expected from the physical configuration and other bionomic conditions of the Nort American continent.
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This has been lately furnished by Professor Patrick Geddes, who has chosen the term bionomics.
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Much as has been learnt of the bionomics of the sea, it is but a commencement; and this is of course especially true of deep seas.
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