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nonmating

nonmating adjective: not mating.

Adjective

nonmating (not comparable)

  1. Not mating.
    • When males fail to transfer main cell products, females survived as long as nonmating virgin controls.2001, Leigh W Simmons, Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects

Origin of nonmating

From non- + mating.

Questions about nonmating

What does nonmating mean?
Nonmating means not mating.
What part of speech is nonmating?
Nonmating is an adjective.

Words near nonmating in the dictionary

  1. nonmath
  2. nonmathematical
  3. nonmathematically
  4. nonmathematician
  5. nonmathematicians
  6. nonmating
  7. nonmatriculated
  8. nonmatriculating
  9. nonmatrilineal
  10. nonmatrimonial
  11. nonmatrix

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