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Ecology

A branch of biology dealing with the relations between living plants and animals and their environment.


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Ecosystem

A part of ecology consisting of the environment, its living parts, and the nonliving factors that affect it.


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Eocene

An epoch of the lower Tertiary period, spanning the time between 55.5 and 33.7 million years ago. Its name is from the Greek words "eos" (dawn) and "ceno" (new). 



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