Englishhabitat
Definition
- : the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows: the typical place of residence of a person or a group //the arctic habitat of the Inuit: a housing for a controlled physical environment in which people can live under surrounding inhospitable conditions (as under the sea)
- : the place where something is commonly found //… has its natural habitat in university, in government, or in industrial laboratories. — B. B. Watson
Examples
- //a forest in California is set aside to preserve the unique brushy, rugged habitat required by nesting California condors
First Known Use
1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Latin, it inhabits, from habitarehabitat
noun
Synonyms
- the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found //a forest in California is set aside to preserve the unique brushy, rugged habitat required by nesting California condorsRelated Words
habitat
Definition
- : the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows: the typical place of residence of a person or a group //the arctic habitat of the Inuit: a housing for a controlled physical environment in which people can live under surrounding inhospitable conditions (as under the sea)
- : the place where something is commonly found //… has its natural habitat in university, in government, or in industrial laboratories. — B. B. Watson
Examples
- //a forest in California is set aside to preserve the unique brushy, rugged habitat required by nesting California condors
First Known Use
1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Latin, it inhabits, from habitarehabitat
noun
Synonyms
- the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found //a forest in California is set aside to preserve the unique brushy, rugged habitat required by nesting California condorsRelated Words