home range

noun Ecology.

the area in which an animal normally lives.

Origin of home range

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby home range

home of the hirsel, home office, home page, home plate, home port, home range, home row, home rule, home ruler, home run, home scrap

Example sentences from the Web for home range

  • There was such a thing as loyalty to the home-range, and in the half-year he had worked here it had become a part of him.

    Judith of Blue Lake Ranch |Jackson Gregory

  • They are good men; they are trustworthy; they understand ranch conditions and they know what loyalty to the home-range means.

    Judith of Blue Lake Ranch |Jackson Gregory

British Dictionary definitions for home range

home range

noun

ecology the area in which an animal normally ranges