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culling
cull C0798200 (kŭl)tr.v. culled, cull·ing, culls 1. To pick out from others; select.2. To gather; collect.3. To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example).n. Something picked out from others, especially something rejected because of inferior quality.
[Middle English cullen, from Old French cuillir, from Latin colligere; see collect1.]
cull′er n.culling (ˈkʌlɪŋ) n1. (Environmental Science) the reduction of the size of an animal population2. (Agriculture) killing3. killingTranslationsIdiomsSeecullEncyclopediaSeeCullculling
culling (kul'ing) 1. The process of removal of abnormal or damaged blood cells from the circulation by the spleen. 2. In public health, slaughtering herds of potentially infected animals, to prevent the spread of diseases like avian influenza or mad cow disease to humans. See: pitting; spleen |