ecology
noun
1 ecology
The environment as it relates to living organisms.
Roget 357:
organized world,
organized nature;
living nature,
animated nature;
living beings;
organic remains,
fossils.
protoplasm,
cytoplasm,
protein;
albumen;
structure
etc.
329;
organization,
organism.
[Science of living beings]
biology;
natural history,
organic chemistry,
anatomy,
physiology;
zoology
etc.
368;
botany;
microbiology,
virology,
bacteriology,
mycology
etc.
369;
naturalist.
archegenesis
etc.
(production)
161†;
antherozoid†,
bioplasm†,
biotaxy†,
chromosome,
dysmeromorph†;
ecology,
oecology;
erythroblast [Physio.],
gametangium†,
gamete,
germinal matter,
invagination [Biol.];
isogamy†,
oogamy†;
karyaster†;
macrogamete†,
microgamete†;
metabolism,
anabolism,
catabolism;
metaplasm†,
ontogeny,
ovary,
ovum,
oxidation,
phylogeny,
polymorphism,
protozoa,
spermary†,
spermatozoon,
trophoplasm†,
vacuole,
vertebration†,
zoogloea†,
zygote.
Darwinism,
neo-Darwinism,
Lamarkism,
neoLamarkism,
Weismannism.
morphology,
taxonomy.
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Dutch: milieubiologie
2 ecology
The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment.
synonyms: bionomics, environmental science.
Dutch: ecologie, milieukunde
Polish: ekologia
Moby thesaurus: aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, animal physiology, anthropology, astrobiology, autecology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology, commensality, comparative anatomy, conchology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, ecoclimate, ecodeme, ecosystem, electrobiology, element, embryology, entomology, enzymology, ethnobiology, ethology, exobiology, genetics, gnotobiotics, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, life science, malacology, mammalogy, medium, microbiology, molecular biology, ornithology, parasitism, pharmacology, physiology, protozoology, radiobiology, symbiosis, symbiotics, synecology, taxidermy, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy ... show more.
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