niche (n.)

  1. a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it; he found his niche in the academic world'

  2. a small concavity

    [ Syn: recess , recession , corner ]

  3. an enclosure that is set back or indented

    [ Syn: recess ]

  4. (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

    [ Syn: ecological niche ]

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