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ecotope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
eco-tope
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ecological habitat on the scale of individual organisms sharing space. Many ecotopes together, either adjacent or overlapping, make up an eco-region or larger unit.

noun

All of the constituent parts found in a locality on the same scale, such as the physiotope (landform), the geotope (rocks and soil) and the biotope (living flora and fauna).

Etymology

From eco- (“house”) + -tope (“place”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ecotopes (plural)

Derived Forms

ecotopic

Questions

What does ecotope mean?
An ecological habitat on the scale of individual organisms sharing space. Many ecotopes together, either adjacent or overlapping, make up an eco-region or larger unit.
Where does ecotope come from?
From eco- (“house”) + -tope (“place”).

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