habitat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
    home ground.
    • a marine habitat
    • he felt safe on his home grounds

WordNet

Hab`i*tat noun
Etymology
L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913