breeding site
Where animals reproduce
A breeding site is a location where animals reproduce and raise young.
The term appears most often in wildlife biology and public health contexts: Stagnant water provides ideal breeding sites for mosquitoes.
Efforts to control disease-carrying insects often focus on eliminating or treating breeding sites.
The phrase also applies to protected habitats where birds, fish, or other species return to mate and nest.
- nestingMaking a dwelling
- nesting groundSite for egg-laying
- spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- hatcheryEgg incubation facility
rookery · colony · nursery · fish hatchery · eggs · egg laying · larvae · larval stage · mosquito · wetland · pond · standing water · swamp · mating · mating season · reproduction · fledgling · migratory birds
breeding sitefeeding area
Designated eating location
feeding ground · hunting ground · hunting grounds · grazing land · wintering grounds
breeding sitegraveyard
Plot for interring the dead
burial ground · killing field · slaughterhouse · spawning ground
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