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hab⋅i⋅tat

[hab-i-tat]

–noun

1.	the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism: a tropical habitat.

2.	the place where a person or thing is usually found. Paris is a major habitat of artists.

3.	a special environment for living in over an extended period, as an underwater research vessel.

4.	habitation (def. 1).

Origin:
1755–65; < L: it inhabits, 3rd sing. pres. indic. of habitāre, freq. of habēre to have, hold

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hab·i·tat (hāb'ĭ-tāt')

The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs: a marine habitat.
The place where a person or thing is most likely to be found.
A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory.

[Latin, it dwells, third person sing. present of habitāre, to dwell; see habitable.]

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Habitat

Hab`i*tat\, n. [L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.]

1. (Biol.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.

2. Place where anything is commonly found.

This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. --Earle.

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Language Translation for : habitat

Spanish: hábitat,

German: die Heimat,

Japanese: 生息地

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habitat

The area or type of environment in which a particular kind of animal or plant usually lives.

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habitat

1762, as a technical term in Latin texts on Eng. flora and fauna, lit. "it inhabits," third pers. sing. pres. indic. of habitare "to live, dwell," freq. of habere "to have, to hold, possess" (see habit). General sense of "dwelling place" is first attested 1854. Habitant "Canadian of Fr. descent" (1789) is from Fr. word meaning "inhabitant" (lit. the prp. of habiter "to inhabit, dwell"), and was the usual word for planters in 18c. Quebec.

Main Entry: hab·i·tat
Pronunciation: 'hab-&-"tat
Function: noun
1 : the place or environment where a plant or animal naturallyoccurs habitat of the crab louse>
2 : a housing for a controlled physical environment in which people can live surrounded byinhospitable conditions (as under the sea)

habitat (hāb'ĭ-tāt') Pronunciation Key
The area or natural environment in which an organism or population normally lives. A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil, moisture, range of temperature, and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators. A habitat is not necessarily a geographic area—for a parasitic organism it is the body of its host or even a cell within the host's body.

Habitat networking, graphics
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)

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