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bi·ome (bī′ōm′)

noun

any of several major life zones of interrelated plants and animals determined by the climate, as deciduous forest or desert

Etymology: < bi(o)- + ModL -oma, -oma

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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