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
The northern population stays in the high Andes year-round while the southern population migrates from sea level up to 14,000 feet for the nonbreeding months.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
Beyond just longevity, these hairless rodents also exhibit one of the most complex social structures known in mammals: a queen mole rat and castes of nonbreeding workers cooperatively live together in subterranean burrows.
From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2023
“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
Eleven species occur on the island as nonbreeding summer residents, about which we will have more to say below.
From Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, M?xico by Johnston, Richard F.
