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Eco is defined as the environment, habitat or surroundings.

(prefix)

An example of eco is ecology.

The definition of eco is something that is environmentally friendly or sustainable.

(adjective)

An example of eco friendly is a yoga mat that is made of rainforest friendly rubber.

Eco is defined as the domain extension for a website for subjects on the environment, habitat or surroundings.

(noun)

An example of .eco is a website for Greenpeace at www.greenpeace.eco

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See eco- in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. environment or habitat: ecotype
  2. ecology; ecological: often used in nonce compounds: ecotourism, ecohero

Origin: LL oeco- < Gr oiko- < oikos, house: < IE base *weio, house, settlement > OE wic, house, village, L vicus, group of houses, villa, country house, farm

See eco- in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Italian writer best known for his novels, including The Name of the Rose (1981). He has also written extensively on semiotics and British and American popular culture.

prefix
Ecology; ecological: ecosystem.

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Origin: From ecology

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