| ecocentric | Centring on environmental conservation; emphasizing the importance of protecting… | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| ecomorphological | Of or relating to the relationship between the morphology of an organism and its ecology. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| ecophysiological | Of or relating to ecophysiology. | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| ecosystem | A biological system composed of all the organisms found in a particular… | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| hydric | Of a habitat: having a plentiful supply of water. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrothermally | By hydrothermal action. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| macroclimatic | Of or relating to a macroclimate. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| meliphagid | A bird of the family Meliphagidae; a honeyeater. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| mesic | Of, relating to, or designating a habitat characterized by a moderate amount of… | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| mesosome | Zool. = mesosoma n. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| metamodel | A model which is intended to give an all-inclusive picture of a process, system, etc.… | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| microchannel | A small or microscopic channel. Esp. in microchannel plate n. Electronics a… | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| microfibre | An extremely fine fibre. Also: spec. a very fine synthetic yarn; a fabric made from… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| microfloral | Of, relating to, or consisting of microflora. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| micrometeorologist | An expert in or student of micrometeorology. | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| minerotrophic | Esp. of a swamp, fen, or peatland: fed chiefly by ground and surface water and hence… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| minerotrophy | The condition of being minerotrophic; the degree to which an environment is minerotrophic. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| mirid | A bug of the heteropteran family Miridae (formerly called Capsidae: cf. capsid adj. n.)… | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| mixotroph | A mixotrophic organism. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| monophage | A monophagous animal. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| mor | Humus which forms a discrete layer on top of the soil and has little or no mineral soil… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| multistratified | Having or composed of several layers. | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| myxophycean | Belonging or relating to the former class Myxophyceae (now Cyanophyceae)… | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| odonatan | Of or relating to the order Odonata. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| oligotroph | An organism that lives in oligotrophic conditions. Also as adj. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| omnivory | The eating of food of both plant and animal origin; omnivorousness. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| organophosphorous | attrib. = organophosphorus adj. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| overdispersion | Greater variance in a set of observations than would be expected on the assumption… | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| overharvest | = overharvesting n. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeobiogeographic | = palaeobiogeographical adj. | 1953 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeolimnological | Of or relating to palaeolimnology. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeozoogeographic | Of or relating to palaeozoogeography. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| pedogenetical | = pedogenetic adj. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| pelecaniform | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the order Pelecaniformes, which… | 1953 | Go To Quotation |
| philopatry | Philopatric behaviour, esp. (also more fully natal philopatry) a tendency to return to… | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
| photoheterotrophy | Photoheterotrophic nutrition; the condition of being a photoheterotroph. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| photoperiodicity | = photoperiodism n. Also: the regular cycle of changes in day length to which photoperiodism is a response. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| photorefractive | Zool. and Ecol. = photorefractory adj. rare. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| phytoplanktonic | Of or relating to phytoplankton. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| piscivore | A fish-eating animal, esp. an ichthyophagous fish. | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| pleustonic | Of, belonging to, or relating to pleuston. | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| pocketability | The fact of being pocketable; the capacity to be put or carried in the pocket. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| poikilotherm | A poikilothermic organism. Contrasted with homoeotherm. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| post-larva | An animal, esp. a fish, during the post-larval period of its development. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| proclimax | In the monoclimax theory of plant succession: a point that occurs in place of the… | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| rheomorphic | Biol. Relating to the anatomical shape of an organism and its orientation in response… | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| rheomorphism | Biol. App.: considerations of anatomical shape and orientation of an organism in relation… | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| saprobiology | The study of saprobic environments. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| understorey | The (layer of) vegetation growing beneath the level of the tallest trees in a forest. Cf. underwood n. 1. Also attrib. | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| xeric | Having or characterized by a scanty amount of moisture. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
