nonmate

nonmate

English

Etymology

non- +‎ mate

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Notname, montane, nonmeat, nonteam