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
"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
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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
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In the McCrea universe, the galaxies are the breeding place of matter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Garbage—the great breeding place of flies—should be removed or burned.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.