WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
biolog′ical control′, 
  1. Biology, Physiologythe control of pests by interference with their ecological status, as by introducing a natural enemy or a pathogen into the environment. Also called biocontrol. 
  • 1920–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
biological control
  1. the control of destructive organisms by the use of other organisms, such as the natural predators of the pests
'biological control' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bacillus thuringiensis - biocontrol - cactoblastis

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