biocenometer

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ ceno- +‎ -meter

Noun

biocenometer (plural biocenometers)

  1. (biology) A bottomless cube or cylinder used to trap, and then count, small animals, insects etc.
    • 2016 February 13, “Omnivory of an Insular Lizard: Sources of Variation in the Diet of Podarcis lilfordi (Squamata, Lacertidae)”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Our biocenometer was a bottomless cube of 1 m side, whose sides and top were covered with a fine netting mesh.

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