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biocoenosis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A community of interacting organisms that form a natural ecological unit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Biozönose, coined by German zoologist and ecologist Karl Möbius in 1877, equivalent to bio- + Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + -osis.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ائتلاف أحيائي (iʔtilāf ʔaḥyāʔī) — community of organisms
  • Asturian: biocenosis — community of organisms
  • Catalan: biocenosi — community of organisms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生物群落 (shēngwù qúnluò) — community of organisms
  • Finnish: biokenoosi — community of organisms
  • Finnish: eliöyhteisö — community of organisms
  • French: biocénose — community of organisms
  • Galician: biocenose — community of organisms
  • Georgian: ბიოცენოზი (biocenozi) — community of organisms
  • German: Biozönose — community of organisms
  • Irish: bithchéanóis — community of organisms
  • Italian: biocenosi — community of organisms
  • Polish: biocenoza — community of organisms
  • Spanish: biocenosis — community of organisms