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neuter
(redirected from neutering)

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neuter
1. (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs
2. a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee
3. a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal
4. a flower in which the stamens and pistil are absent or nonfunctional


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Local animal-control agencies would retain money collected through fines and the new permit to help pay for subsidized spaying and neutering programs.
trapping them, neutering them, then returning them to the colony.
To cut down on the millions of impounded animals, both the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Humane Society of the United States now support the practice of neutering cats and dogs early, before the conventional age of 6 months.
 
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