Monday 2nd May 2016
Biota \ [bahy-oh-tuh]
Noun, Ecology.
1. the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
Quote
Often purposefully and just as often not, humans have rearranged the earth's biota,
transporting the flora and fauna of Asia to the Americas and of the Americas to Europe and of Europe to Australia.
Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction 2014
Origin
Biota finds its roots in the Greek biotḗ meaning "life." It entered English in the
early 1900’s.
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