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habitat definition

habi·tat (hab′i tat′)

noun

  1. the region where a plant or animal naturally grows or lives; native environment
  2. the place where a person or thing is ordinarily found

Etymology: L, it inhabits: see habitable

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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