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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
habitat
n : 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: home ground]
WordNet (r) 2.0
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "habitat":
abode, alentours, ambience, ambit, bailiwick, borderlands, circle,
circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, compass,
context, domain, element, entourage, environing circumstances,
environment, environs, gestalt, haunt, home, locale, locality,
milieu, native environment, neighborhood, outposts, outskirts,
perimeter, periphery, precincts, purlieus, range, realm, site,
situation, stamping ground, suburbs, surroundings, terrain,
territory, total environment, vicinage, vicinity
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Habitat
The original term for on-line graphical
virtual communities or worlds. Created at Lucasfilm in 1985
by Randy Farmer and Chip Morningstar.
(http://www.communities.com/habitat.html).
(1996-06-12)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
home ground
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