1.
[syn: habitat, home ground]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Habitat \Hab"i*tat\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[a^]t), n. [L., it dwells, fr.
habitare. See Habit, v. t.]
1. (Biol.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal
or plant.
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2. Place where anything is commonly found.
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This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. --Earle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
habitat
n 1: the type of environment in which an organism or group
normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe
on his home grounds" [syn: habitat, home ground]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Habitat
The original term for on-line graphical
virtual communities or worlds. Created at Lucasfilm in 1985
by Randy Farmer and Chip Morningstar.
(http://communities.com/habitat.html).
(1996-06-12)