breeding place
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The area is a breeding place for the prothonotary warbler and habitat for dragonflies and damselflies.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2016
The weedy patches of this sea are believed to be the breeding place of eels, which spread thence to the shores of neighboring continents.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wall Street, he bellowed, was the hotbed and breeding place of the worst form of gambling that ever cursed the country.
From Time Magazine Archive
The outside coat of the peritoneum resists germs, but its slippery, serous inner wall offers streptococci an ideal breeding place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Originally it was doubtless spelled "Foulshame," its etymological significance being the fowls' home, a breeding place or mart.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom
