Biota

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊtÉ™

Origin

From Ancient Greek, ultimately from βίος.

Full definition of biota

Noun

1. (biology) The living organisms of a region.
• February 6, Although the broad macroevolutionary consequences of mass extinctions are well known (as in the dinosaurs-mammals changeover), their long-term effects on the temporal and spatial dynamics of clades and biotas are rarely investigated.