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English
Etymology
From New Latin biota, from Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), from βίος (bíos).
Pronunciation
Noun
biota (plural biotas)
- (ecology) The living organisms of a region.
2009 February 6, Andrew Z. Krug et al., “Signature of the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction in the Modern Biota”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 767–771:Although the broad macroevolutionary consequences of mass extinctions are well known (as in the dinosaurs-mammals changeover), their long-term effects on the temporal and spatial dynamics of clades and biotas are rarely investigated.
- A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).
Derived terms
Translations
the living organisms of a region
Spanish
Noun
biota f (plural biotas)
- biota
Further reading
Venetan
Adjective
biota
- feminine singular of bioto