nonmate

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noun

An animal that is not a mate (of some other specified animal).

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Meanings

nounnonmate (plural nonmates)

plural nonmates

  1. An animal that is not a mate (of some other specified animal).

    However, after 40 min of submerged oviposition 50% of females were seized by nonmates because their mates had abandoned them.

    2001, Leigh W. Simmons, Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects, page 169

Origin

From non- + mate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

montanenotnamenonteamnonmeat
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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