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
We have six inches of water on the roof, to keep the building cool�and how do we prevent this water from becoming a breeding place for mosquitoes?
From Time Magazine Archive
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
"A breeding place for candidates," Joe had remarked at the time, thinking of professors; and sure enough, Wellesley had produced a candidate, although not a professor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just before the big army set out to scour the planet to seek the breeding place of the monsters Larner issued a bulletin that set all Venus by the ears.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry
