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swooping season

swooping season noun: the breeding season of the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, in which some individuals take to aggressively swooping at passing humans in defence of their nesting territory.

Noun

swooping season (plural swooping seasons)

  1. (Australia) The breeding season of the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, in which some individuals take to aggressively swooping at passing humans in defence of their nesting territory.

Forms of swooping season

pluralswooping seasons

Questions about swooping season

What does swooping season mean?
Swooping season means the breeding season of the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, in which some individuals take to aggressively swooping at passing humans in defence of their nesting territory.
What part of speech is swooping season?
Swooping season is a noun.
What is the plural of swooping season?
The plural of swooping season is swooping seasons.

Words near swooping season in the dictionary

  1. swoopier
  2. swoopiest
  3. swoopily
  4. swoopiness
  5. swooping
  6. swooping season
  7. swooping seasons
  8. swoopingly
  9. swoopings
  10. swoops
  11. swoopstake

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