microecology

[mahy-kroh-i-kol-uh-jee]

mi·cro·e·col·o·gy

[mahy-kroh-i-kol-uh-jee]
noun
the ecology of a microhabitat.

Origin:
1960–65; micro- + ecology

mi·cro·ec·o·log·i·cal [mahy-kroh-ek-uh-loj-i-kuhl, -ee-kuh-] , adjective
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Microecology has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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