habitat (redirected from Habitat (ecology))

hab·i·tat  (hb-tt)

n.

1. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs: a marine habitat.

2. The place where a person or thing is most likely to be found.

3. A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory.

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[Latin, it dwells, third person sing. present of habitre, to dwell; see habitable.]

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habitat [ˈhæbɪˌtæt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the environment in which an animal or plant normally lives or grows

2. (Sociology) the place in which a person, group, class, etc., is normally found

[from Latin: it inhabits, from habitāre to dwell, from habēre to have]

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habitat  (hb-tt)

The area or natural environment in which an organism or population normally lives. A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil, moisture, range of temperature, and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators. A habitat is not necessarily a geographic areafor a parasitic organism it is the body of its host or even a cell within the host's body.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

habitat - the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds" home ground environs, surround, surroundings, environment - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" habitation - the native habitat or home of an animal or plant

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habitat

noun home, environment, surroundings, element, territory, domain, terrain, locality, home ground, abode, habitation, natural home In its natural habitat, the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft.

Translations

habitat [ˈhæbɪtæt] N → hábitat m

habitat [ˈhæbɪtæt] n → habitat m
in their natural habitat → dans leur habitat naturel

habitat

n → Heimat f; (of animals also) → Lebensraum m

habitat [ˈhæbɪˌtæt] n → habitat m inv