nonmate en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + mate.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nonmates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |