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English Dictionary: biology by the DICT Development Group
2 results for biology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biology
n
  1. the science that studies living organisms [syn: biology, biological science]
  2. characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms; "the biology of viruses"
  3. all the plant and animal life of a particular region
    Synonym(s): biota, biology
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biology \Bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] life + -logy: cf. F.
      biologie.]
      The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of
      living matter as distinct from matter which is not living;
      the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin,
      structure, development, function, and distribution of animals
      and plants.
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