MEANING
Relating to living organisms or their effects in an environment.
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Words that belong together
- biotic community
- biotic interaction
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The biotic community recovered slowly after the flood.
A biotic interaction changed the color of the surrounding water.
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- biotic
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a seasonal, material, ecological, or geographic relation; comparison requires a measurable or descriptive basis. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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