单词 | debeak |
释义 | debeak in British Englishverb (transitive) to remove part of the beak of poultry to reduce the risk of such habits as feather-picking or cannibalism debeak in American English (diˈbik) transitive verb Veterinary Science to remove the upper beak from (a bird) to prevent egg eating or attacks on other birds Derived forms debeaker noun Word origin [1935–40; de- + beak]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, aeroembolism, bingo, complementation, walk-throughde- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), or intensity (decompound) |
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