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Definitions for HABITAT
ˈhæb ɪˌtæthabi·tat

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. habitat, home groundnoun

    the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs

    "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

Wiktionary

  1. habitatnoun

    A specific place or natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives.

  2. Etymology: From habitat (used in Floras and Faunas), from habito.

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  1. habitat

    A habitat is a natural environment or specific place where a particular plant, animal, or organism lives, grows and thrives. It is an ecological area that is inhabited by a particular species, providing the necessary food, water, air, shelter, and other conditions essential for their survival.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Habitatverb

    the natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant

  2. Habitatverb

    place where anything is commonly found

  3. Etymology: [L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.]

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  1. Habitat

    Habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population.

Editors Contribution

  1. habitat

    A specific place or natural and perfect existence for an animal, plant or organism to exist and cocreate.

    Habitats are so vital for a healthy, harmonious and balanced life.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 20, 2020  

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'HABITAT' in Nouns Frequency: #2398

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of HABITAT in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of HABITAT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of HABITAT in a Sentence

  1. David Hu:

    We found that there's a pretty good trend for how lashes change with eye width, that's quite striking because in the mammal-hair literature, you don't see many trends. Hair is usually a function of habitat, activity, things like that.

  2. Julena Campbell:

    For most people, one of the most exciting elements about visiting Yellowstone- and other national parks- is the chance to see wildlife being wild in their natural habitat.

  3. Roberto Nespolo:

    I'm hopeful for the monito because they're very resilient. They are able to adapt to change as long as their habitat still exists.

  4. Richard Fuller:

    It won’t matter what we do in Australia or in Europe if these birds are losing their habitat somewhere else – they will still perish, we need to work together far more effectively round the world if we want our migratory birds to survive into the future.

  5. Tom Robbins, _Skinny Legs and All_, 1990, p. 305.:

    ...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line."

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