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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.

ChatGPT

  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.]

Wikidata

  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. Survival International:

    Baiga communities that have carefully managed the tiger’s habitat over generations are annihilated by forced evictions.

  2. Shirley Zhu:

    For Honestbee and Habitat, the direct competition will be Alibaba's Lazada, habitat is a newcomer in the space, and if they compete with online players and supermarkets, it's going to be a really tough battle for them.

  3. Andy Radford:

    If combined with habitat restoration and other conservation measures, rebuilding fish communities in this manner might accelerate ecosystem recovery, however, we still need to tackle a host of other threats including climate change, overfishing and water pollution in order to protect these fragile ecosystems.

  4. Lisa Shaw:

    There's a real need to have more green space in Water Cities and more habitat for birds or for pollinators, for fish.

  5. Jordan Traverso:

    Recent decisions about agriculture aren’t the reason for low numbers because these fish are returning from the ocean voyage as part of their journey, climate disruption is causing strings of dry years and hotter temperatures, shrinking salmon habitat and eliminating the space for them to rebound.

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