Spaying and neutering

neu·ter (n

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adj.

1. Grammar

a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.

b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.

a. Biology Having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs: the neuter caste in social insects.

b. Botany Having no pistils or stamens; asexual.

c. Zoology Sexually undeveloped.

3. Taking no side; neutral.

1. Grammar

a. The neuter gender.

b. A neuter word.

c. A neuter noun.

2. A castrated animal.

3. A sexually undeveloped or imperfectly developed insect, such as a worker bee.

4. A plant without stamens or pistils.

5. One that is neutral.

tr.v. neu·tered, neu·ter·ing, neu·ters

To castrate or spay.

[Middle English neutre, from Old French, from Latin neuter, neither, neuter : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + uter, either; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

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Noun

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

altering, fixing

sterilisation, sterilization - the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)

castration, emasculation - neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

spaying - neutering a female by removing the ovaries

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-arium
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Active verb
altered
altering
castration
common gender
defeminise
desex
dossal
emasculation
fixing
gender
grammatical gender
Heterogeneous nouns
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neuter
neutered

Blue Dog Rescue supports the spaying and neutering of pets to prevent these unwanted births.

Blue Dog Rescue Offers Homeless Dogs a New Leash on Life by Joe Cline / Pets and Animals community

Thus was born the Rico Fund for Little Brown Dogs, a fund to help others with the cost of spaying and neutering.

DRESSING UP, GETTING DOWN TO CURB PET OVERPOPULATION by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

Instead of mandating spaying and neutering, local governments ought to do more to educate pet owners so they can make the best decision, Sondej said.

Pet sterilization. Not mandatory, yet by Sam Skolnik / Las Vegas Sun

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