bi·o·ta 
(bī-ōtə)
(bī-ōtə)n.
The living organisms of a region or habitat: soil biota; the biota of Australia.
[New Latin, from Greek biotē, way of life, from bios, life; see gwei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- by/in virtue of
- by Jove
- bylaw
- by leaps and bounds
- byline
- by-line
- byliner
- by means of
- by-name
- by no means
- BYOB
- by one's bootstraps
- by oneself
- by (one's) (own) bootstraps
- by one's own bootstraps
- by (or in)fits and starts
- by (or in) fits and starts
- by own bootstraps
- bypass
- by-pass
- bypast
- by-path
- byplay
- by-play
- byproduct