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bahy-
uh
-
nom
-iks
]
bi·o·nom·ics
/
ˌbaɪ
əˈnɒm
ɪks
/
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[
bahy-
uh
-
nom
-iks
]
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noun
(
used with a singular verb
)
ecology
(
def. 1
)
.
Origin:
1885–90;
bio-
+
-nomics,
probably on the model of
economics
;
see
-nomy
,
-ics
Related forms
bi·o·nom·ic,
bi·o·nom·i·cal,
adjective
bi·o·nom·i·cal·ly,
adverb
bi·on·o·mist
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baɪˈɒn
ə
mɪst
/
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on
-
uh
-mist
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noun
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So is
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. Does it mean:
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ort
. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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World English Dictionary
bionomics
(ˌbaɪəˈnɒmɪks)
—
n
(
functioning as singular
)
ecology
a less common name for
ecology
[C19: from
bio-
+
nomics
on pattern of
economics
]
bio'nomic
—
adj
bio'nomically
—
adv
bionomist
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
bionomics
(bī'ə-nŏm'ĭks)
Pronunciation Key
See
ecology
.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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