n, often attrib  1  :  the region throughout which a kind of organism or ecological community naturally lives or occurs  2  :  the difference between the least and greatest values of an attribute or of the variable of a frequency distribution
vi, ranged  rang*ing  1  :  to change or differ within limits  2  of an organism  :  to live or occur in or be native to a region .
 
 
 
Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.  © 1997-2023.