Meanings
- not comparableNot a game animal
Plants were included recently in the definition of "wildlife" supportable by funds collected via the nongame wildlife checkoff on Illinois income tax returns, but that was a triumph of lobbying, not public opinion.
1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Germanic*gamaną
- Proto-West Germanic*gaman
- Old Englishgamen
- Middle Englishgame
- Englishgame
- Englishnongame
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Cite this entry
nongame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nongame
“nongame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nongame. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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