nonbreeding

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adjective

Not breeding.

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Meanings

adjectivenonbreeding (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot breeding.

    A general increase in all classes of nonbreeding seals is perhaps the most obvious comparative result of the census.

    1916, Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, volume 34
  2. not comparableNot of or pertaining to breeding.

    Adults can also be rather mobile during the nonbreeding period[…]

    1997, Gary Ritchison, Northern cardinal, page 101

Origin

From non- + breeding.

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APA

nonbreeding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbreeding

MLA

“nonbreeding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbreeding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonbreeding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbreeding.

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