Definitions for: Habitat

[n] the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: environment, environs, habitation, surround, surroundings