n, pl  -gies  1  :  a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments  2  :  the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment  3  :  HUMAN ECOLOGY eco*log*i*cal also  eco*log*ic  adj eco*log*i*cal*ly adv 
 
 
 
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