noun. The number and variety of species found within a specified geographic region.

noun. The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems.

noun. the diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region

noun. the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)

"Perhaps inevitably, such an all-encompassing definition, together with the strong emotive power of the concept, has led to somewhat cavalier use of the term biodiversity, in extreme cases to refer to life or biology itself."

diverseness  diversity  multifariousness  variety  

diversity  perversity  university  

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