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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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But it had its little differences, which was only to be expected in a timeline where the bionomics could create a new world each time someone changed his mind.

From Back to Julie by Richard Wilson

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.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale

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 J. T. Cunningham

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

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