biodiversity. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

biodiversity

SYLLABICATION:	bi·o·di·ver·si·ty
PRONUNCIATION:	b-d-vûrs-t
NOUN:	1. The number and variety of organisms found within a specified geographic region. 2. The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems.


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