ecology
noun
ecol·o·gy
i-ˈkä-lə-jē 
e-
plural ecologies
1
: a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
2
: the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment
3
4
: environment, climate
the moral ecology
also
: an often delicate or intricate system or complex
the ecology of language
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Directed by Gareth Edwards from a script by David Koepp, Jurassic World Rebirth picks up five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion at a time when the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
Because broods emerge in different areas, places that had cicadas last year may not have them this year, according to Dr. John R. Cooley, associate professor-in-residence of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2025
Her work explores Anishinaabe ways of knowing, cosmology, ecology, and the liberatory potentials of language as art.
—Hazlitt, 17 May 2025
As Amy Murphy, 43, a water ecology scientist, took some samples from a station outside a housing complex in the Elmhurst section of Queens, two people carrying groceries from a car stared into the open box as if confounded by its contents.
—Yuvraj Khanna, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
Because broods emerge in different areas, places that had cicadas last year may not have them this year, according to Dr. John R. Cooley, associate professor-in-residence of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2025
Her work explores Anishinaabe ways of knowing, cosmology, ecology, and the liberatory potentials of language as art.
—Hazlitt, 17 May 2025
As Amy Murphy, 43, a water ecology scientist, took some samples from a station outside a housing complex in the Elmhurst section of Queens, two people carrying groceries from a car stared into the open box as if confounded by its contents.
—Yuvraj Khanna, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“Ecology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ecology. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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ecology
noun
ecol·o·gy
i-ˈkäl-ə-jē
e-
1
: a branch of science concerned with the relationships between living things and their environment
2
: the pattern of relationships between a group of living things and their environment
Medical Definition
ecology
noun
ecol·o·gy
-jē
plural ecologies
1
: a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
2
: the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment
3
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