Meaning of the word non-native in English

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non-native

US /ˌnɑːnˈneɪ.t̬ɪv/
UK /ˌnɑːnˈneɪ.t̬ɪv/

Adjective

1.

A non-native plant or animal is one that lives or grows in a place where it did not originally live or grow:

Example:
The river was stocked with a nonnative species of trout that is now preying on other fish.
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