Biota [bi-OH-tÉ™]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, 20th century
1. The animal and plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
Examples of biota in a sentence
"The biota of the desert tends to be hardy and rugged."
"Suzanne was fascinated by the biota in the rainforest, which was different from what she saw at home in Michigan."
