n. It lives or dwells: a Latin word beginning (in New Latin) that part of the description of an animal or a plant which mentions its locality: as, habitat in America septentrionali (it lives or grows in North America). Such statements are usually abbreviated, as Hab. Am. Sept.n. n. In natural history, the area or region where an animal or a plant naturally lives or grows; by extension, place of abode in general; habitation.