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SPAYING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb spay

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