spaying

spay

S0610700 (spā)tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).

[Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword, from espee, sword, from Latin spatha; see spathe.]

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Noun

spaying - neutering a female by removing the ovariesaltering, neutering, fixing - the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"

spaying

spaying:

see castrationcastration,
removal of the sex glands of an animal, i.e., testes in the male, or ovaries and often the uterus in the female. Castration of the female animal is commonly referred to as spaying.
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spaying

spay

S12-875900, spaying (spa) (spa'ing) [Gael. spoth, castrate] Surgical removal of ovaries, usually said of animals. See: castration

spaying

Related to spaying: Spaying and neutering

noun

Words related to spaying

noun neutering a female by removing the ovaries

Related Words

altering
neutering
fixing

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