what does the word 'cull' mean?

Answer 1

Culling is the process of selection of surplus animals from an animal population. In a wild population the selection is often done by destroying the animal immediately, in a domesticated situation the culling process involves selection and the selling of surplus stock. The selection may be done to improve breeding stock, for example for improve production of eggs or milk, or simply to control the group's population for the benefit of the environment and other species.

Answer 2

CULL as a verb:

1 : to select from a group : CHOOSE (example: culled the best passages from the poet's work)
2 : to reduce or control the size of (as a herd) by removal (as by hunting) of especially weaker animals;
also : to hunt or kill (animals) as a means of population control

CULL as a noun:

Something rejected especially as being inferior or worthless (example: how to separate good-looking pecans from culls)

Answer 3

TRANSITIVE VERB:
culled , cull·ing , culls
To pick out from others; select.
To gather; collect.
To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example).

NOUN:

Something picked out from others, especially something rejected because of inferior quality.

Answer 4

CULL
1 : to select from a group, to choose
2 : to reduce or control the size by removal (as by hunting) of especially weaker animals; also : to hunt or kill (animals) as a means of population control

Answer 5

selective killing of the unwanted part of an animal pop.
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