bionomics(n = noun.cognition) ecology, environmental science - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment;
is a kind of biological science, biology
has particulars: palaeoecology, paleoecology
Derived forms adjective bionomic1, adjective bionomical1
bionomics, n.pl. (treated as sing.) the study of the mode of life of organisms in their natural habitat and their adaptations to their surroundings.
Derivative:
bionomic adj.
Etymology:
BIO- after ECONOMICS