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nonbreeding

adj

Etymology

From non- + breeding.

  1. derived from *brōdijaną✻ — “to brood; breed”
  2. inherited from *brōdijandz✻
  3. inherited from *brēdende✻
  4. inherited from bredyng
  5. prefixed as nonbreeding — “non + breeding”

Definitions

  1. Not breeding.

    • A general increase in all classes of nonbreeding seals is perhaps the most obvious comparative result of the census.

  2. Not of or pertaining to breeding.

    • Adults can also be rather mobile during the nonbreeding period[…]

The neighborhood

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