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   cull

   /kʌl/

   verb

   • 1. reduce the population of (a wild animal) by selective slaughter: "he sees culling deer as a necessity" Similar slaughterkilldestroyreduce the numbers ofthin out the population of
   • ▪ send (an inferior or surplus farm animal) to be slaughtered: "unproductive animals can be identified and culled"
   • 2. select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources: "anecdotes culled from Greek and Roman history" Similar selectchoosepicktakeobtaingetglean
   • ▪ pick (flowers or fruit): archaic "though they may have cleared the weeds, they have also culled the flowers"

   noun

   • 1. a selective slaughter of animals: "fishermen are to campaign for a seal cull"
   • ▪ an inferior or surplus livestock animal selected for culling: "he keeps his female calves and sells only male calves and herd culls"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French coillier, based on Latin colligere (see collect1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. culler noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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