range animal
- noun
- /reɪndʒ ˈænɪməl/
- Specialized
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animal de pastoreo
- The range animal grazed peacefully in the field.
Examples
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The cattleman checked on every range animal after last night's storm.
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Wild horses are classic examples of a range animal found in the American West.
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Sheep are often managed as a range animal on large, open ranchlands.
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Many range animals roam freely in the western plains.
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In the summer, the rancher lets his range animals graze in the vast fields.
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The herders moved the range animals to a new pasture to find fresh grass.
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Cattle are a common type of range animal found in open grasslands across the West.
Synonyms
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8.6
A mammal with hooves like a horse or cow
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an animal that lives and grazes on open grasslands' follows directly from combining 'range' (expansive grazing land) and 'animal' (a creature), so the compound denotes an animal associated with that habitat. This is a straightforward noun–noun composition indicating habitat and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning despite some regional specificity.
Etymology
Range animal comes from the simple picture of an animal on the range, a wide open area where animals roam and eat grass. So, 'range animal' means an animal that lives and eats grass in open grasslands, like cattle, sheep, or wild horses.