About The Word Spay
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Spay
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What's The Definition Of Spay?
[v] remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Spay: alter | castrate | neuter Related Terms | Find terms related to Spay: See Also | defeminise | defeminize | desex | desexualise | desexualize | fix | sterilise | sterilize | unsex Spay In Webster's Dictionary \Spay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spaying}.] [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu
to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr. ?.]
To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch;
to castrate (a female animal).
\Spay\, n. [Cf. {Spade} a spay, {Spay}, v. t.] (Zo["o]l.) The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade. |
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