| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,811,740,932 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
habitat |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.03 sec. |
habitatPlace where an organism or a community of organisms lives, including all living and nonliving factors or conditions of the surrounding environment. A host organism inhabited by parasites is as much a habitat as a place on land such as a grove of trees or an aquatic locality such as a small pond. “Microhabitat” refers to the conditions and organisms in the immediate vicinity of a plant or animal. habitat the environment in which an animal or plant normally lives or grows habitat [′habĀ·ə‚tat] (ecology) The part of the physical environment in which a plant or animal lives.
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
The possibility of the state's prisons and jails becoming a breeding ground for terrorists is yet another reason to move quickly on cleaning up our corrections system. There is a warm ocean anomaly 250 miles off the coast of New Jersey where the water temperature had reached 70 degrees by early May--a ready made breeding ground for hurricanes. Pied flycatcher numbers are crashing in places where climate change has knocked the birds' spring migration out of sync with the food bonanza on the breeding ground. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|