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Definition of Nonnative
1. Adjective. Not being or composed of aborigines. "The nonnative population of South Africa"
2. Adjective. Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in. "Our large nonnative population"
3. Adjective. Of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing.
Definition of Nonnative
1. Adjective. Not native ¹
2. Noun. Someone who is not a native ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonnative
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonnative
Literary usage of Nonnative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Governor of Puerto Rico by Puerto Rico Governor (1916)
"... on appropriations, fiscal year 1916-17. TABLE E.—Table showing number of
positions and total salaries of native and nonnative officers and employees. ..."
2. Bureau Of Reclamation: An Assessment Of The Environmental Impact Statement by Jonathan Bachman, Steve Brown, Jay R. Cherlow (2004)
"These elements include the aquatic food base, native fishes, and nonnative fishes.
nonnative fishes include warmwater, coolwater, and coldwater species. ..."
3. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Potential loss of Gila topminnow from the Redrock Canyon drainage, and establishment
of nonnative species will reduce the native (naturally evolved) biotic ..."
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