home range

noun

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

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Other species, like spotted bass and redeye bass, have larger home ranges and can be found in multiple states. Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025 Juvenile pygmy marmosets like to venture out to the edges of their family’s home ranges, in part to explore, but also to try to find a mate and establish a new group. Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025 Females will stick to a home range that provides food and shelter, but will travel to find better nesting locations. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025 Hunting older bucks requires finding these smaller areas and home ranges and hunting them accordingly. 5. Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for home range

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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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 5 Mar. 2025.

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