nonbreeding

adj — 2 senses

nonbreeding

adj

Etymology From non- + breeding.

1

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:

2

Not of or pertaining to breeding.

Adults can also be rather mobile during the nonbreeding period[…]1997, Gary Ritchison, Northern cardinal, page 101:

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