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spay

(spā)

tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays

To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).

[Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword, from espee, sword, from Latin spatha; see spathe.]

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Noun

spaying - neutering a female by removing the ovaries

altering, neutering, fixing - the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"

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