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nonmate

nonmate noun: an animal that is not a mate (of some other specified animal).

Noun

nonmate (plural nonmates)

  1. An animal that is not a mate (of some other specified animal).
    • However, after 40 min of submerged oviposition 50% of females were seized by nonmates because their mates had abandoned them.2001, Leigh W. Simmons, Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects, page 169

Forms of nonmate

pluralnonmates

Origin of nonmate

From non- + mate.

Questions about nonmate

What does nonmate mean?
Nonmate means an animal that is not a mate (of some other specified animal).
What part of speech is nonmate?
Nonmate is a noun.
What is the plural of nonmate?
The plural of nonmate is nonmates.

Words near nonmate in the dictionary

  1. nonmasturbatory
  2. nonmatch
  3. nonmatched
  4. nonmatches
  5. nonmatching
  6. nonmate
  7. nonmated
  8. nonmaterial
  9. nonmaterial culture
  10. nonmaterialism
  11. nonmaterialist

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