biotic

(bī-ŏt'ĭk)

1. Of or having to do with life or living organisms.
2. Produced or caused by living organisms.

[Probably Greek biōtikos, from biōtos, life, from bioun, to live, from bios, life.]

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Living; sustaining or having sustained life, often describing the biological components of an ecosystem. See abiotic. Biotic factors are factors exerted by living organisms.

1. Relating to life or living organisms.
2. Produced or caused by living organisms.

1. pertaining to life or living organisms.
2. pertaining to the biota.

• b. community — the assemblage of living things, including animals, plants and bacteria, which inhabit a specific biotope.
• b. potential — the theoretical reproductive potential of a population when unimpeded by the environment.