home range

noun

: the area to which an animal usually confines its daily activities

Examples of home range in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Their home range is fairly small, from 40 to 200 or so acres. Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024 The buck’s home range and eventual fate remains a mystery. Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2024 The lion’s home range spans the eastern Santa Monica Mountains between the 405 and 101 Freeways — about five miles west of the area where legendary mountain lion P-22 roamed for more than a decade until he was hit by a vehicle and found injured in a Los Feliz backyard. Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Grizzlies have smaller home ranges than polar bears. Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for home range 

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Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of home range was in 1902

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“Home range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20range. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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