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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
nonnative en · ADJ
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of non-native.
In addition to new diseases, Quammen touches on many of the examples often included in standard disease ecology or epidemiology courses—for example, myxomatosis in nonnative rabbits of Australia, and mutation rates in RNA versus DNA viruses.
2013 January 14, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, page 64:I aped the accent of a nonnative speaker.
2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 162:
nonnative en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of non-native.
If you're a Chicagoan, you will find something in each that you didn't know about; nonnatives will find something in each they'll wish they'd read before making their last trip.
1988 March 25, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Our City, Ourselves”, in Chicago Reader:
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