nonbreeding en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + breeding.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not 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:
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(not-comparable) Not of or pertaining to breeding.
Adults can also be rather mobile during the nonbreeding period[…]
1997, Gary Ritchison, Northern cardinal, page 101: