culling (redirected from biological culling)

cull  (kl)

tr.v. culled, cull·ing, culls

1. To pick out from others; select.

2. To gather; collect.

3. To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example).

n.

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

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[Middle English cullen, from Old French cuillir, from Latin colligere; see collect¹.]

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culler n.

Translations

culling [ˈkʌlɪŋ] n [animals] (= selective killing) → abattage m sélectif, élimination f sélective (= slaughter) → massacre m, abattage m

culling [ˈkʌlɪŋ] n → eliminazione f selettiva

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culling [ˈkʌlɪŋ] n → eliminazione f selettiva