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| spay [ spay ] (past and past participle spayed, present participle spay·ing, 3rd person present singular spays) |
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remove animal's ovaries: to surgically remove a female animal's ovaries and adjacent parts of the uterus
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| [15th century. < Old French espeer "cut with a sword" < espee "sword" < Latin spatha (see spatula)] |
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