Definition of "habitat" []

• The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs: a marine habitat. (noun)
• The place where a person or thing is most likely to be found. (noun)
• A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It's analogous to waterfowl studies iin the prairie pothole region; they've shown if the habitat is there, enough birds survive."
• "Hmmm, two areas are marked "habitat" is that for 'humanity'?"
• "Only a fraction of caribou critical habitat is currently fully protected from industrial activity, but scientists recommend that caribou need large, healthy, intact and interconnected forests to survive."