Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The natural environment in which a species or group of species lives.
- noun A particular kind of natural environment.
- noun An artificial environment created for an animal to live in.
- noun A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory.
- noun The place where a person lives or is most likely to be found.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun It lives or dwells: a Latin word beginning (in New Latin) that part of the description of an animal or a plant which mentions its locality: as, habitat in America septentrionali (it lives or grows in North America). Such statements are usually abbreviated, as Hab. Am. Sept.
- noun n. In natural history, the area or region where an animal or a plant naturally lives or grows; by extension, place of abode in general; habitation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.
- noun Place where anything is commonly found.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology A specific place or natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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It's analogous to waterfowl studies iin the prairie pothole region; they've shown if the habitat is there, enough birds survive.
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It's analogous to waterfowl studies iin the prairie pothole region; they've shown if the habitat is there, enough birds survive.
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Hmmm, two areas are marked "habitat" is that for 'humanity'?
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The driving force behind a great organization is to never forget the passion and principles we all support in habitat work for the wild quail and all upland game.
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I.E. if 20% of the habitat is forest then 20% of the cameras should be in forested areas.
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Only a fraction of caribou critical habitat is currently fully protected from industrial activity, but scientists recommend that caribou need large, healthy, intact and interconnected forests to survive.
Biodiversity 100: actions for the Americas Guillaume Chapron 2010
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Its local habitat is also being eradicated by the logging industry.
'Sneezing Monkey' species discovered in Myanmar Melissa Bell 2010
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Consisting of three spherical shells embedded with seeds, the habitat is designed to evolve with the seasons – starting the cycle in spring, the spheres are embedded in a mixture of earth/mud/seed, and as summer approaches, the plants will be in bloom and the embedded food in the mud will create a mini haven for local animals and birds.
2009 June | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 2009
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The driving force behind a great organization is to never forget the passion and principles we all support in habitat work for the wild quail and all upland game.
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I.E. if 20% of the habitat is forest then 20% of the cameras should be in forested areas.
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