Definition
noun, plural: communities
(biology) An ecological unit composed of a group of organisms or a population of different speciesoccupying a particular area, usually interacting with each other and their environment.
Supplement
The organisms living in a community interact with one another, often, affecting each other’s abundance, distribution, adaptation, and existence. An ecologicalcommunity may range in size from the very small community as in a pond or a tree to the huge regional or global community as in a biome.
Word origin: From Old French communité (French: communauté).
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