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habitat 1. The locality in which a plant or animal naturally grows or lives. It can be either the geographical area over which it extends, or the particular station in which a specimen is found. 2. A physical portion of the environment that is inhabited by an organism or population of organisms. A habitat is characterized by a relative uniformity of the physical environment and fairly close interaction of all the biological species involved. In terms of region, a habitat may comprise a desert, a tropical forest, a prairie field, the Arctic Tundra or the Arctic Ocean (1. 植物或动物自然生长或生活的地方。它可以是可伸展的地理区域，或是样本发现的具体地方。2.一种生物或一个生物群落栖息的自然地域。具有相对均一的环境和所有生物品系的近距离作用。就地区而言，它可以包括沙漠、热带森林、大草原、北极冻原或北冰洋。) |
