cull
noun/kʌl/
/kʌl/
- the act of killing some wild animals from a group, especially in order to prevent the group from getting too large
- the annual seal cull
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCull is used after these nouns:- seal
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coillier, based on Latin colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.Definitions on the go
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