biodiversity

Biodiversity refers to the amount of diversity between different plants, animals and other species in a given habitat at a particular time. (noun)

The different varieties and types of animals and plants that live in the ocean is an example ofbiodiversity.

See biodiversity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

diversity, or variety, in the living things in a particular area, region, etc. at a particular time

See biodiversity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(bīˌō-dĭ-vûrˈsĭ-tē)

noun

The number and variety of organisms found within a specified geographic region.
The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems.

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