Oecology

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  oecology \oe*col"o*gy\ ([-e]*k[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. o'i^kos
     house + -logy.] (Biol.)
     The various relations of animals and plants to one another
     and to the outer world; -- now more commonly spelled
     {ecology}. [Also spelled {ecology}.]
     [1913 Webster]