home rangen.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊm reɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊm ˌreɪndʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, range n.¹

Etymology: < home n.¹ + range n.¹

1. U.S. A rancher's own range (range n.¹ 9b); the customary range of a herd of cattle.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > cattle pasture

ox pasturea1300

fugationa1483

cow-pasture1523

ox-grass1568

cow-gang1583

cow-gate1597

dairy-groundsa1618

cattle-range1640

outlet1667

cow-down1724

tack1804

cattle-gate1808

cow's grass1824

cattle station1851

cattle-run1853

cow-lease1854

cattle ranch1857

cattle-post1865

home range1871

cow-run1887

1871 Rep. Dis. Cattle (U.S. Commissioner Agriculture) 186 Our correspondent lost fifty-two per cent. of his cattle on the home range, through which lay the highway traveled by Texas cattle.

1884 W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 205 Stock are always restless at first on a drive, and are striving to get back on their home-ranges.

1939 P. A. Rollins Gone Haywire 62 The ol' man's bin steadily enlargin' his home range till now it includes mos' all the headwaters o' Elk Prairie Crick.

1961 L. Atherton Cattle Kings (1972) ii. 14 Such people considered ranching a seasonal occupation in which owners needed to be present on the home range only a few months each year.

1997 Amer. Cowboy June 47/2 He was part of the roundups of the last herds of true wild horses in his home range, the Wolf Mountains.

2. Zoology. An area which an animal or group of animals normally inhabits and travels regularly in search of food or mates. A home range may overlap with those of neighbouring animals or groups of the same species.

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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [noun] > types of

supralittoral1839

refuge1889

refugium1902

home range1904

open vegetation1905

open community1909

controlled environment1914

palaeoenvironment1957

1904 Zool. Soc. Bull. Sept. 171/2 The greater part of the home range of this animal is practically inaccessible to sportsmen, hence the rarity of the Markhor, even in museums.

1958 E. S. Deevey in R. G. Francis Population Ahead 79 They [sc. house mice] are distinguished by what is probably the smallest home range of any rodent.

1975 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 6 215 The home range of these fishes, which appear to spend their entire lives associated with a sessile anemone, is extremely restricted.

2007 K. Hansen Bobcat iv. 84 Bobcat density in turn influences home range size and the degree of overlap in an area.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	home range
释义	home rangen. Brit. /ˈhəʊm reɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊm ˌreɪndʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, range n.¹ Etymology: < home n.¹ + range n.¹ 1. U.S. A rancher's own range (range n.¹ 9b); the customary range of a herd of cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > cattle pasture ox pasturea1300 fugationa1483 cow-pasture1523 ox-grass1568 cow-gang1583 cow-gate1597 dairy-groundsa1618 cattle-range1640 outlet1667 cow-down1724 tack1804 cattle-gate1808 cow's grass1824 cattle station1851 cattle-run1853 cow-lease1854 cattle ranch1857 cattle-post1865 home range1871 cow-run1887 1871 Rep. Dis. Cattle (U.S. Commissioner Agriculture) 186 Our correspondent lost fifty-two per cent. of his cattle on the home range, through which lay the highway traveled by Texas cattle. 1884 W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 205 Stock are always restless at first on a drive, and are striving to get back on their home-ranges. 1939 P. A. Rollins Gone Haywire 62 The ol' man's bin steadily enlargin' his home range till now it includes mos' all the headwaters o' Elk Prairie Crick. 1961 L. Atherton Cattle Kings (1972) ii. 14 Such people considered ranching a seasonal occupation in which owners needed to be present on the home range only a few months each year. 1997 Amer. Cowboy June 47/2 He was part of the roundups of the last herds of true wild horses in his home range, the Wolf Mountains. 2. Zoology. An area which an animal or group of animals normally inhabits and travels regularly in search of food or mates. A home range may overlap with those of neighbouring animals or groups of the same species. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [noun] > types of supralittoral1839 refuge1889 refugium1902 home range1904 open vegetation1905 open community1909 controlled environment1914 palaeoenvironment1957 1904 Zool. Soc. Bull. Sept. 171/2 The greater part of the home range of this animal is practically inaccessible to sportsmen, hence the rarity of the Markhor, even in museums. 1958 E. S. Deevey in R. G. Francis Population Ahead 79 They [sc. house mice] are distinguished by what is probably the smallest home range of any rodent. 1975 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 6 215 The home range of these fishes, which appear to spend their entire lives associated with a sessile anemone, is extremely restricted. 2007 K. Hansen Bobcat iv. 84 Bobcat density in turn influences home range size and the degree of overlap in an area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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