nonindigenous
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/
:
no indígena
- The park introduced nonindigenous trees to create more diversity in the landscape.
- nonindigenous species
- nonindigenous insects
- nonindigenous pests
Examples
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Across all feeding guilds of insects, ecological and economic impacts of nonindigenous species clearly vary considerably.
Academic text (2010) -
The clearest connection between biotic homogenization and infectious disease is the spread of nonindigenous vectors and pathogens.
Academic text (2009) -
Overall, nearly 14% of the known established nonindigenous US forest insects have caused notable damage to forest or urban forest trees.
Academic text (2010) -
Approximately 2.5 established nonindigenous forest insects per year were detected in the United States between 1860 and 2006.
Academic text (2010) -
Throughout this period, nonindigenous aquatic animal and plant species have been introduced both intentionally and accidentally.
Academic text (1994) -
A total of 18 nonindigenous insect species were recorded from 1635 to 1859.
Academic text (2010) -
Predicting potential invaders to the Great Lakes would clearly be useful in preventing future nonindigenous pests.
Academic text (1994) -
Certainly, the ease and rapidity with which aquatic weeds spread throughout nonindigenous regions attest to the efficiency of vegetative reproduction.
Academic text (1996) -
The other Basidiomycete was Amylostereum areolatum, the pathogen associated with Sirex noctilio, a nonindigenous wood wasp.
Academic text (2010) -
Many nonindigenous species can disrupt local ecosystems and outcompete native plants.
Synonyms
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3.2
Not naturally part of a body or object and coming from outside
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4.9
From another place, often brought there by people
Not from the local area or community
Not native to one place and found in several regions
Antonyms
How Native
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonindigenous = indigenous (transparent) = non + indigenous
The meaning is directly the negative of 'indigenous' using the productive prefix 'non-', so a typical learner can infer 'not indigenous'.
Etymology
Nonindigenous is made of non- meaning 'not' and indigenous, a word from Latin that means 'born in' a place. So nonindigenous simply describes plants or animals that are 'not originally from here' and come from another region.