4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Place where anything is commonly found. [1913 Webster] This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. --Earle. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: habitat n : 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: {home ground}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: HabitatThe original term for on-line graphical {virtual communities} or worlds. Created at Lucasfilm in 1985 by Randy Farmer and Chip Morningstar. {(http://www.communities.com/habitat.html)}. (1996-06-12)
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