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1. Not rangeable.

   And then out of the mist, unrangeable, unreachable, the onagers started firing.

   2009, William Napier, Attila: The Judgement, →ISBN

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   Song learning enables singers to one-up listeners under certain circumstances that favor unrangeable songs. Territorial instability will generate selection that favors singers whose locations are not always rangeable, those with songs not in the memories of listeners.

   1998, Donald H. Owings, Eugene S. Morton, Animal Vocal Communication: A New Approach, →ISBN, page 158

   Clearly the feasibility of this idea rests on an ability to sing unrangeable songs, or songs that give incorrect range information (e.g. Morton 1986).

   2012, Mark N.O. Davies, Patrick R. Green, Perception and Motor Control in Birds: An Ecological Approach, →ISBN