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SPAYING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spaying mean?
• SPAYING (noun)
The noun SPAYING has 1 sense:
1. neutering a female by removing the ovaries
Familiarity information: SPAYING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Neutering a female by removing the ovaries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spaying" is a kind of...):
altering; fixing; neutering (the sterilization of an animal)
Derivation:
spay (remove the ovaries of)
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