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biota

/baɪˈəʊtə/ UK
/baɪˈoʊtə/ Canada, US
[baɪˈoʊɾə] Canada, US
/bɑeˈəʉtə/ Australia
[bɑeˈəʉɾə] Australia
[bɑe̯ˈɐʉ̯tə] New Zealand
[bɑe̯ˈɐʉ̯ɾə] New Zealand

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

noun biotas

uncountable Synonym of life; Biota; all living things.
Similar: life
countable, uncountable The living organisms of a region. 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.
countable, uncountable A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis, syn. Biota orientalis).

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noun the living organisms of a region

中文	生物群 shēngwùqún, 生物相 shēngwùxiāng
Português	biota
Français	biote
Deutsch	Biota
Italiano	biota
Ελληνικά	βιόκοσμος viókosmos

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@misc{biota_2026,
  title = {biota},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/biota},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}