neuter \neu"ter\, v. t.
To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or
alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to
fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to castrate; in female
animals, to spay.
[PJC]
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Spay \Spay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spaying.] [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu
to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr. ?.]
To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch;
to castrate (a female animal).
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Spay \Spay\, n. [Cf. Spade a spay, Spay, v. t.] (Zool.)
The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
[1913 Webster] Spayad
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spay
v : remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter,
neuter, castrate]
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