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habitat loss

habitat loss noun: alteration of an environment so that a species or multiple species may no longer habitably live there.

habitat loss: alteration of an environment so that a species or multiple species may no longer habitably live...
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Noun

habitat loss (uncountable)

  1. Alteration of an environment so that a species or multiple species may no longer habitably live there.

Origin of habitat loss

habitat + loss

Questions about habitat loss

What does habitat loss mean?
Habitat loss means alteration of an environment so that a species or multiple species may no longer habitably live there.
What part of speech is habitat loss?
Habitat loss is a noun.

Words near habitat loss in the dictionary

  1. habitancy
  2. habitans
  3. habitant
  4. habitants
  5. habitat
  6. habitat loss
  7. habitat pole
  8. habitat poles
  9. habitate
  10. habitated
  11. habitates

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