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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 12 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OECOLOGY, or ECOLOGY (from Gr. otKOS, house, and klyos, department of science)

OECOLOGY, or ECOLOGY (from Gr. otKOS,
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HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
house, and klyos,
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DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)
department of
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SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)
science) , that

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PART

part of the

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SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of

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BIOLOGY (Gr. Qios, life)

biology which treats of the

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ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of

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PLANTS

plants or animals to their environment (see PLANTS: Ecology) .

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