depauperate
/dɪˈpɔpərɪt/
adjective
- Lacking in numbers or variety; poor in quality or amount, especially used to describe a biological community or environment with few species.
- After the drought, the once-rich forest became depauperate, with few plants or animals surviving.
- The island's depauperate ecosystem had only a handful of native bird species.
- Scientists were concerned about the depauperate fish population in the polluted river.
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