nonbreeding

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ breeding.

Adjective

nonbreeding (not comparable)

1. Not breeding.
   • 1916, Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, volume 34:

     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.
   • 1997, Gary Ritchison, Northern cardinal, page 101:

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