Biota

/baɪˈoʊtə/ noun

All the plants, animals, and other living organisms found in a particular region or environment.

From Greek 'bios' (life) with Latin feminine ending '-a', coined by German biologist Otto Dammer in 1904 to describe the living community of an area.

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