biota

From New Latin biota, from Ancient Greek βιοτή (biotḗ), from βίος (bíos).

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈəʊtə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊtə

biota (plural biotas)

1. (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.

2. A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).

biota f (plural biotas)

1. biota

• “biota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

biota

1. feminine singular of bioto