n. [ Gr. o'i^kos a house + -oid. ] (Anat.) The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red blood corpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other substances of the corpuscles, may be dissolved out. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

a. See Economical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Economics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Ecumenical. [ 1913 Webster ]