nonbreeding

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ breeding

Adjective[edit]

nonbreeding (not comparable)

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