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Definition

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives

a marine habitat

They are endangered due to destruction of their rainforest habitats.
But he was in a new habitat which he did not know.
London, Jack -- The Night-Born
The wall is endless, clean and white, stretching far down to the habitats beyond my own.
Katherine Applegate -- The One and Only Ivan

habitats = places where animals live

I live in a human habitat called the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade.
Katherine Applegate -- The One and Only Ivan

habitat = place where an animal lives

Perhaps she would make fun and say it was my "habitation."
Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

This body of grief is not fit for human habitation.
Joy Kogawa -- Obasan

49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
The Bible -- Genesis

(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)

You needed to be Flemish like Conseil to accept these circumstances, living in a habitat designed for cetaceans and other denizens of the deep.
Jules Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Not so much as the barking of a dog suggested human habitation.
Ambrose Bierce -- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

The theory was that they didn't dare use too big an explosion because of damage to their troglodyte habitats, even if they cofferdammed around it.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers
I do not envy Mr. Flimsy-faith his habitation.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Celestial Railroad

He runs to the door and it's fake; the windows have bars, and out front is a sign saying that he is in his natural habitat.
Jill McCorkle -- Ferris Beach
There were no signs of human habitation in that direction.
Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind

And I must return to my natural habitat.
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
Days twentyfive and twenty-six, I worked with a crew on a Habitat for Humanity house.
Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift
The penguins tottered and clucked and dived, slipping off the habitat rocks like amiable hams but living under water like tuxedoed muscles.
Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
The level valley which lay at the head of the bay showed no road or track or other sign of habitation.
C.S. Lewis -- The Voyage of the Dawn Trader

I followed it, expecting soon to reach the dwelling; but it stretched on and on, it would far and farther: no sign of habitation or grounds was visible.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre

Far from their natural habitat, the cattle in feedlots become more prone to all sorts of illnesses.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation

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