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bi·o·di·ver·si·ty

biodiversity

 
pronunciation:
baI o daI vuhr sih ti
part of speech: noun
definition: the condition of having a wide variety of living things. If an area on the earth has biodiversity, it means that there are many different kinds of animals and plants living there.
There is much more biodiversity in a rainforest than in a big city.