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1: an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source

2: a hierarchy based on power or importance

at the top of the corporate food chain

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: the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community

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1: the behavior of a parasite

2: an intimate association between organisms of two or more kinds;  especially  : one in which a parasite obtains benefits from a host which it usually injures

3: parasitosis

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: a relation between two kinds of organisms in which one obtains food or other benefits from the other without damaging or benefiting it

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1: the doctrine or practice of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare

2: mutually beneficial association between different kinds of organisms

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1: the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism);  especially  : mutualism

2: a cooperative relationship (as between two persons or groups)

the symbiosis … between the resident population and the immigrants

—John Geipel

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: any of various organisms (such as many bacteria and fungi) that return constituents of organic substances to ecological cycles by feeding on and breaking down dead protoplasm — compare consumer, producer 4

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: one that consumes: such as

a : one that utilizes economic goods

Many consumers make purchases on the Internet.

b : an organism requiring complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other organisms or by eating particles of organic matter — compare producer 3

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1: one that produces;  especially  : one that grows agricultural products or manufactures crude materials into articles of use

2: a person who supervises or finances a work (such as a staged or recorded performance) for exhibition or dissemination to the public

3: an autotrophic organism (such as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms — compare consumer

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: one of the hierarchical strata of a food web characterized by organisms which are the same number of steps removed from the primary producers

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1: the part of the world in which life can exist

2: living organisms together with their environment

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1: a unified body of individuals: such as a : the people with common interests living in a particular area;  broadly  : the area itself

the problems of a large community

b : a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society

a community of retired persons

a monastic community

c : a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society

the academic community

the scientific community

d : a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests

the international community

e : a group linked by a common policy f : an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (such as species) in a common location g : state, commonwealth

2a : a social state or condition

The school encourages a sense of community in its students.

b : joint ownership or participation

community of goods

c : common character : likeness

community of interests

d : social activity : fellowship

3: society at large

the interests of the community

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1a : the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region b : the total of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole c : the total of particles at a particular energy level  —used especially of atoms in a laser

2: the act or process of populating

3a : a body of persons or individuals having a quality or characteristic in common b (1) : the organisms inhabiting a particular locality  (2) : a group of interbreeding organisms that represents the level of organization at which speciation begins

4: a group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for statistical measurement

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1a : a recess in a wall especially for a statue b : something (such as a sheltered or private space) that resembles a recess in a wall

2a : a place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted

finally found her niche

b : a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species c : the ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumption d : a specialized market

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1a : the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows b : the typical place of residence of a person or a group

the arctic habitat of the Inuit

c : a housing for a controlled physical environment in which people can live under surrounding inhospitable conditions (as under the sea)

2: the place where something is commonly found

has its natural habitat in university, in government, or in industrial laboratories

—B. B. Watson

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: of, relating to, or caused by living organisms

biotic diversity

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: not biotic : abiological

the abiotic environment

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a major ecological community type (such as tropical rain forest, grassland, or desert

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: the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit