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優占種 (ゆうせんしゅ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

優ゆう占せん種しゅ

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Meanings

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noun

dominant species

ecology

Ecological term for a species that predominates in a community or ecosystem.

この森しん林りんでは、ブナが優ゆう占せん種しゅとなっている。
In this forest, beech is the dominant species.

Kanji

優tenderness, excel, surpass
占fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
種species, kind, class

Etymology

Compound of 優占 (yūsen, 'dominance') + 種 (shu, 'species'). The exact derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with ecological dominance.