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prebreeding

prebreeding adjective: prior to breeding.

Adjective

prebreeding (not comparable)

  1. Prior to breeding.
    • The prebreeding season ranged from January 15, the first date I trapped Clark’s nutcrackers, through March 4.2016 February 17, “Clark’s Nutcracker Breeding Season Space Use and Foraging Behavior”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of prebreeding

From pre- + breeding.

Questions about prebreeding

What does prebreeding mean?
Prebreeding means prior to breeding.
What part of speech is prebreeding?
Prebreeding is an adjective.

Words near prebreeding in the dictionary

  1. prebreakfast
  2. prebreaking
  3. prebreaks
  4. prebreeder
  5. prebreeders
  6. prebreeding
  7. prebridal
  8. prebriefed
  9. prebroadband
  10. prebroadcast
  11. prebroadcasting

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