Ecologist
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ə noun
1.
the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
2.
Also called human ecology. the branch of sociology concerned with the spacing and interdependence of people and institutions.
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World English Dictionary
ecology (ɪˈkɒlədʒɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment |
| 2. | the set of relationships of a particular organism with its environment |
| 3. | the study of the relationships between human groups and their physical environment |
| [C19: from German Ökologie, from Greek oikos house (hence, environment)] | |
| e'cologist | |
| —n | |
| ecology (ɪˈkɒlədʒɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment |
| 2. | the set of relationships of a particular organism with its environment |
| 3. | the study of the relationships between human groups and their physical environment |
| [C19: from German Ökologie, from Greek oikos house (hence, environment)] | |
| e'cologist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
ecology
1873, coined by Ger. zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) as Okologie, from Gk. oikos "house, dwelling place, habitation" (see villa) + -logia "study of." Ecosphere (1953) is the region around a star where conditions allow life-bearing planets to exist.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
ecology e·col·o·gy (ĭ-kŏl'ə-jē)
n.
The branch of science that is concerned with the relationships between organisms and their environments.
The relationship between organisms and their environments.
The study of the detrimental effects of modern civilization on the environment, with a view toward their prevention or reversal through conservation.
ec'o·log'i·cal (ěk'ə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl, ē'kə-) or ec'o·log'ic (-ĭk) adj.
e·col'o·gist n.
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Science Dictionary
ecology  (ĭ-kŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
ecology definition
The study of living things, their environment, and the relation between the two.
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Example sentences
Then again it does not take a stream ecologist to know the value of caddisflies.
The first range ecologist, he was the father of range management.
Of course ecologist have been observing species migrating polewards for decades because of human induced climate change.
She is now a behavioral ecologist, an expert in how animals use sound.
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