habitat

4 definitions found

habitat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Habitat \Hab"i*tat\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[a^]t), n. [L., it dwells, fr.
     habitare. See Habit, v. t.]
     1. (Biol.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal
        or plant.
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     2. Place where anything is commonly found.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. --Earle.
        [1913 Webster]

habitat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  habitat
      n 1: the type of environment in which an organism or group
           normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe
           on his home grounds" [syn: habitat, home ground]

habitat - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

habitat - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "habitat":
     abode, alentours, ambience, ambit, bailiwick, borderlands, circle,
     circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, compass,
     context, domain, element, entourage, environing circumstances,
     environment, environs, gestalt, haunt, home, locale, locality,
     milieu, native environment, neighborhood, outposts, outskirts,
     perimeter, periphery, precincts, purlieus, range, realm, site,
     situation, stamping ground, suburbs, surroundings, terrain,
     territory, total environment, vicinage, vicinity