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
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
But he did reason that the necessity for warm, deep, still salt water was an explanation for the choice of the Sargasso Sea as a breeding place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Refrigeration curbs but does not kill them; meat or fowl left standing at room temperature for a few hours becomes an ideal breeding place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Open water barrels and water tanks prove a fruitful breeding place for these insects, and should be abolished.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
