biodiversity

The definition of 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 of biodiversity.

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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

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

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