ecology
noun
the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
ecologies
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pluralof ecology.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The British architectural critic Reyner Banham wrote about the region’s four ecologies: the coast, the foothills, the flatlands and the freeways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
"I recorded from beneath the bark and composed music led by the rainforests themselves, empowering them to have their own voice in raising awareness of fragile ecologies," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
Rather, in each of these blockbusters, the oceans are presented as complex ecologies of depth that merit serious and sustained attention.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023
The wide-scale outbreaks have provided researchers with a new opportunity to fine-tune their understanding of the disease by studying which wild bird species, behaviors and ecologies play key roles in transmission.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the new information ecologies in which memes live and replicate. :memory farts: /n./
From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Eric S. Raymond
