ecology
noun /iˈkɒlədʒi/
/iˈkɑːlədʒi/
[uncountable, countable] (plural ecologies)
- the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their environment; the study of this
- plant/animal/human ecology
- the ecology movement
- Oil pollution could damage the fragile ecology of the coral reefs.
- All ecologies on earth are heavily shaped by human activity.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fragile
- natural
- animal
- …
- damage
- disrupt
- study
- …
- movement
- research
Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally as oecology): from Greek oikos ‘house’ + -logy.