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breeding ground
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breeding ground
n.
1. A place where animals breed.
2. A place or set of circumstances that encourages the development of certain ideas or conditions: a laboratory that is a breeding ground for new inventions.
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Noun1.breeding groundbreeding ground - a place where animals breed          
pesthole - a breeding ground for epidemic disease
rookery - a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
Translations
breeding ground n (of animal) → zona di riproduzione (fig) → terreno fertile (fig)
breeding ground n (of animal) → zona di riproduzione (fig) → terreno fertile (fig)


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Therein lies the giant warning in this story, which has been backed up by numerous federal officials and counterterrorism experts: County jails and state prisons can be breeding grounds for radicalism and terror recruits.
Seabirds called sooty shearwaters fly some 64,000 kilometers traveling to and from their New Zealand breeding grounds each year, an international research team reports.
Koh Tao translates as "turtle island," but the sea turtles that once lived in its crystal clear waters have moved on to other breeding grounds.
 
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