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microhabitat

The definition of a microhabitat is a small specialized habitat within a larger habitat.

(noun)

An example of a microhabitat is a caterpillar snacking on leaves which have fallen from a walnut tree in the orchard.

See microhabitat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a small, localized habitat within a larger ecosystem, as a decomposing log in a forest, having conditions that sustain a limited range of animals and plants

See microhabitat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A very small, specialized habitat, such as a clump of grass or a space between rocks.

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