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oecology

oe-col′o-gy

(ē̍-kŏl′ō̍-jy̆)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

οἶκοσ

house +

-logy

.]

(Biol.)

The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world; – now more commonly spelled

ecology

.

[Also spelled

ecology

.]