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biotic

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. biotic (adjective)
  2. -biotic (adjective combining form)
  3. biotic climax (noun)
  4. biotic formation (noun)
  5. biotic potential (noun)
  6. biotic province (noun)

bi·ot·ic

adj \bī-ˈä-tik\

Definition of BIOTIC

: of, relating to, or caused by living organisms <biotic diversity>
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Origin of BIOTIC

Greek biōtikos, from bioun
First Known Use: 1868

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with BIOTIC

aquatic, chaotic, cirrhotic, demotic, despotic, ergotic, erotic, exotic, hypnotic, kyphotic, leprotic, lordotic, meiotic, mitotic, narcotic, necrotic, neurotic, Nilotic, osmotic, psychotic, quixotic, robotic, sclerotic, thrombotic, zygotic

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