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habitat
The definition of a habitat is the natural environment of someone or something.
(noun)- An example of habitat is the desert to a camel.
- An example of habitat is the library to law students.
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See habitat in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the region where a plant or animal naturally grows or lives; native environment
- the place where a person or thing is ordinarily found
Origin: L, it inhabits: see habitable
See habitat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs: a marine habitat.
- The place where a person or thing is most likely to be found.
- A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory.
Origin:
Origin: Latin, it dwells
Origin: , third person sing. present of habitāre, to dwell; see habitable
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