What is "oecology"

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.]

n. (context archaic English) (alternative spelling of ecology English)