Note: Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French ranger une côte.
7. (Biol.)
Defn: To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
RANGE
Range, v. i.
1. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam. Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees. Burton.
2. To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.
3. To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank. And range with humble livers in content. Shak.
4. To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; — often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast. Which way the forests range. Dryden.
5. (Biol.)
Defn: To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.