habitat

nounattested in dialogue

United States//ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt//
United States/[ˈhæb.ɪ.tæʔ]/

Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.

noun

1
Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.
2
A range; a place where a species naturally occurs.
3
A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
rights-of-way are usually perceived as disturbance zones that provide a habitat and corridor for non-native species.
4
A place in which a person lives.
this book is just the impetus you need to clear the clutter and reorganize your habitat.

Etymology

From Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habitō (“to live or dwell”). In Linnaeus and similar authors, the geographical ranges of species were customarily denoted in Latin by a sentence beginning with "Habitat", e.g. "Habitat in Europa" ("It lives in Europe"), and it thus became the convention to refer to the geographical range as the "habitat". Compare the English derivations of exit, floruit, ignoramus, and tenet from Latin finite verbs reanalyzed as English nouns.

Forms

plural: habitats

Ha · An ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma Region in…ha-ha · An approximation of the sound of laughter.habit · An action performed on a regular basis.

habitat · Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.

hack · To chop or cut down in a rough manner.Hack · A surname.hacker · Someone who hacks.

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