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bionomics

American  
[bahy-uh-nom-iks] / ˌbaɪ əˈnɒm ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. ecology.


bionomics British  
/ baɪˈɒnəmɪst, ˌbaɪəˈnɒmɪks /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) a less common name for ecology ecology

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bionomics Scientific  
/ bī′ə-nŏmĭks /
  1. See ecology


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Etymology

Origin of bionomics

1885–90; bio- + -nomics, probably on the model of economics; see -nomy, -ics

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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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

Because the processes of the human mind are human, with organic limitations,149 the study of the mind itself becomes a part of the science of bionomics.

From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various

And as the basis to the science of bionomics, as to all other science, must be taken the conception that nothing is due to chance or whim.

From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various

The bionomics, allies, parasites, and the relations to human disease.

From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur

There is no more striking example of the inadequacy of the current conceptions of Mendelism and mutation to cover the of bionomics and evolution.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

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