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culls

The correct spelling is culls.

How to pronounce culls

noun

IPA: /kʌlz/

Say it like: Cul-ls

The correct spelling is culls. A selection.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A selection.
  2. 2.An organised killing of selected animals.
  3. 3.(farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
  4. 4.(seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
  5. 5.A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.

verb

  1. 1.To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
  2. 2.To gather, collect.
  3. 3.To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
  4. 4.To kill (animals etc).
  5. 5.To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.

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