breeding
noun
the producing of offspring.
nonbreeding
-
a word derived from
breeding.
Example Sentences
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Many people, including scientists, are used to thinking of North American migratory birds as heading south during the nonbreeding season, which is typically our "winter," to find milder weather and more reliable food.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2025
Breeding Bald Eagles in Arizona are generally believed to stay close to their nesting territories for much of the year, but there has been much less information about what nonbreeding birds do.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2025
“He’s gone — either gone to God or he’s now what we call a ‘floater’, a nonbreeding male.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
Between March 22 and April 15, the peak breeding season, the male giant pandas' testes were nearly three times larger than in the nonbreeding season, between June 1 and September 30.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 4, 2012
We suspect that many of the birds present in Texas in June and July, together with those recorded by us in Tamaulipas in July, are nonbreeding, summering individuals.
From Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, M?xico by Richard F. Johnston
