| 单词 | ecotone |
| 释义 | ecotone[ ek-uh-tohn, ee-kuh- ] / ˈɛk əˌtoʊn, ˈi kə- / noun Ecology.the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie. Origin of ecotone1900–05; eco- + tone<Greek tónos tension OTHER WORDS FROM ecotoneec·o·ton·al, adjectiveWords nearby ecotoneecotage, ecotarian, ecotaxis, ecotecture, ecoterrorist, ecotone, ecotourism, Ecotrin, ecotropic virus, ecotype, eco-warrior Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ecotone
British Dictionary definitions for ecotoneecotone / (ˈiːkəˌtəʊn, ˈɛkə-) / nounthe zone between two major ecological communities Derived forms of ecotoneecotonal, adjectiveWord Origin for ecotoneC20: from eco (logy) + -tone, from Greek tonos tension, tone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for ecotoneecotone [ ē′kə-tōn′ ] A transitional zone between two ecological communities, as between a forest and grassland or a river and its estuary. An ecotone has its own characteristics in addition to sharing certain characteristics of the two communities. See also edge effect. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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