Habitat

Definition of habitat:

part of speech: noun

( nat. hist. and bot.) The natural abode or locality of an animal or plant.

part of speech: noun

The natural locality of animals, plants, etc., in their wild state; geographical range.

Usage examples for habitat:

• It was a bitter attack on the proposed spur track along Third Avenue, which is the habitat of the down- trodden workingman and the playground of his children. "Fore!", Charles Emmett Van Loan.

• Probably the specimen was not obtained from Cedar Vale itself for the habitat is not suitable there. "Natural History of the Brush Mouse (Peromyscus boylii) in Kansas With Description of a New Subspecies", Charles A. Long.

• They were in the habit of meeting at the stream close by the habitat of a great eel. "Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before", George Turner.

• My first habitat was in the High Street of a southern suburb. "Far Off Things", Arthur Machen.