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nonbreeding

nonbreeding adjective: not breeding.

Adjective

nonbreeding (not comparable)

  1. Not breeding.
    • A general increase in all classes of nonbreeding seals is perhaps the most obvious comparative result of the census.1916, Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, volume 34
  2. Not of or pertaining to breeding.
    • Adults can also be rather mobile during the nonbreeding period[…]1997, Gary Ritchison, Northern cardinal, page 101

Origin of nonbreeding

From non- + breeding.

Questions about nonbreeding

What does nonbreeding mean?
Nonbreeding means not breeding.
What part of speech is nonbreeding?
Nonbreeding is an adjective.

Words near nonbreeding in the dictionary

  1. nonbrecciated
  2. nonbred
  3. nonbreech
  4. nonbreeder
  5. nonbreeders
  6. nonbreeding
  7. nonbrewed
  8. nonbrewing
  9. nonbridal
  10. nonbridge
  11. nonbridged

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