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Etymology

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non- +‎ mate

Noun

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nonmate (plural nonmates)

  1. An animal that is not a mate (of some other specified animal).
    • 2001, Leigh W. Simmons, Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects, page 169:
      However, after 40 min of submerged oviposition 50% of females were seized by nonmates because their mates had abandoned them.

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