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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 ovariesplay

  Familiarity information: SPAYING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPAYING (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)


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