nonconsorting

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ consorting.

Adjective

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nonconsorting (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Not consorting
    • 2008, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind, page 105:
      In contrast, subjects responded much more weakly when they heard a nonconsorting male's grunts and the female's copulation call played from different speakers.