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☆ eco·tone (-tōn′)

noun

a transitional zone between two adjacent communities, containing species characteristic of both as well as other species occurring only within the zone

Etymology: < eco- + Gr tonos, a stretching: see tone

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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