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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Habitat \Hab"i*tat\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[a^]t), noun [L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See {Habit}, verb (used with an object)]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
habitat
noun: 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]:
Habitat The 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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