nongame
adjective
non·game
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Definition of nongame
: not hunted for food, sport, or fur
nongame animals/birds All 38 species of mollusks in Colorado have been reclassified as nongame, which means they cannot be harvested for sport or commercial purposes.— Brighid Kelly
Examples of nongame in a Sentence
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Lake homeowners or users who find two or more dead loons on one lake with no obvious injury or cause of death are asked to contact DNR nongame wildlife staff for tracking. — Katrina Pross, Twin Cities, "After uptick in Minnesota loon deaths, tests point to West Nile Virus," 18 July 2019 Conducted each year in late summer and fall, the trawls provide critical information on year-class strength of game and nongame fish species and monitors trends in critical forage species as well as larger fish. — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Smith: Lake Poygan ice provides a warm greeting to anglers," 6 Jan. 2018 Lake homeowners or users who find two or more dead loons on one lake with no obvious injury or cause of death are asked to contact DNR nongame wildlife staff for tracking. — Katrina Pross, Twin Cities, "After uptick in Minnesota loon deaths, tests point to West Nile Virus," 18 July 2019 Conducted each year in late summer and fall, the trawls provide critical information on year-class strength of game and nongame fish species and monitors trends in critical forage species as well as larger fish. — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Smith: Lake Poygan ice provides a warm greeting to anglers," 6 Jan. 2018 Biologist Amity Bass, director of the coastal and nongame resources division at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, agrees. — Joel Sartore, National Geographic, "Will America's Turtles Be Eaten Into Extinction?," 10 Nov. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nongame.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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