biotic community

/baɪˌɑdɪk kəˌmjunədi/

Other forms: biotic communities

Definitions of biotic community

1. noun

   (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
   synonyms: community

   types:

   biome

   a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate

   desert

   arid land with little or no vegetation

   grassland

   land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life

   forest, timber, timberland, woodland

   land that is covered with trees and shrubs

   type of:

   group, grouping

   any number of entities (members) considered as a unit