Hypertext Webster Gateway: "habitat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
habitat
n : the type of environment in which an organism or group
normally lives or occurs: "a marine habitat"
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