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home range

noun

Definition of HOME RANGE

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

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First Known Use of HOME RANGE

1884

Rhymes with HOME RANGE

arrange, chump change, derange, downrange, estrange, exchange, free-range, gearchange, long-range, outrange, sea change, short-range, shortchange, small change

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