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Neutering, from the Latin neuter ('of neither sex'), [1] is the removal of a non-human animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. The male-specific term is castration , while spaying is usually reserved for female animals.
And even with nouns referring to persons, one could not always determine gender by meaning or form: for example, with two words ending in -mæg, there was the female-specific neuter noun wynmæg, meaning "winsome maid" or attractive woman; as well as the gender-neutral noun meaning "paternal kindred" or member of father's side of the family ...
Surgical castration in animals is often called neutering. Castration of animals is intended to favor a desired development of the animal or of its habits, as an anaphrodisiac or to prevent overpopulation. The parallel of castration for female animals is spaying. Castration may also refer medically to oophorectomy in female humans and animals.
Getting pets “fixed” keeps them from having multiple litters, sending unwanted cats and dogs out roaming the streets and overcrowding shelters.
Neuter is a Latin adjective meaning "neither", and can refer to: Neuter gender , a grammatical gender , a linguistic class of nouns triggering specific types of inflections in associated words Neuter pronoun
A cat woke up after being neutered, and noticed something that used to be there was gone. Six-month-old Milo went in to the local vet for the routine procedure Bob Barker spent decades reminding ...
Live capons in Hainan, China, displaying characteristic small head, comb and wattle. A capon (from Latin: cāpō, genitive cāpōnis) is a male chicken that has been castrated or neutered, either physically or chemically, to improve the quality of its flesh for food, and, in some countries like Spain, fattened by forced feeding.
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