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Definition of Nongregarious
1. Adjective. Of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies. "Solitary bees"
Definition of Nongregarious
1. Adjective. (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare (term ungregarious). ¹
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Definition of Nongregarious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nongregarious
Literary usage of Nongregarious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"374. ters are found among nongregarious animals and plants as well as among men
and gregarious animals. The researches also supplemented historical records ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1892)
"An eminently gregarious species would offer more favorable conditions for the
introduction of polygamy than a nongregarious species. ..."
3. Social Aspects of Education: A Book of Sources and Original Discussions with by Irving King (1912)
"Thus a nongregarious type may survive by having unusual reproductive powers or
extraordinary fighting or defensive capacities. Among all types of animals, ..."
4. Social Aspects of Education: A Book of Sources and Original Discussions with by Irving King (1912)
"Thus a nongregarious type may survive by having unusual reproductive powers or
extraordinary fighting or defensive capacities. Among all types of animals, ..."
5. Readings in Political Science by Raymond Garfield Gettell (1911)
"The nongregarious animals are governed by a force to which we apply the name of
Instinct, but which, in its results, is hardly to be distinguished from Law. ..."
6. Social Aspects of Education, a Book of Sources and Original Discussions with by Irving King (1912)
"Thus a nongregarious type may survive by having unusual reproductive powers or
extraordinary fighting or defensive capacities. Among all types of animals, ..."
7. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1907)
"... such as the concentration of a great number of redbirds in a small area; but
this is improbable, because the redbird usually is nongregarious. ..."
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