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carcass weight

carcass weight noun: the weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.

Noun

carcass weight (countable and uncountable, plural carcass weights)

  1. The weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.
    • In cattle hauled an average of 1023 km, almost one-half of the shrinkage was due to loss of carcass weight (Self and Gay, 1972).2007, Temple Grandin, chapter 9, in Livestock handling and transport, →ISBN, page 143

Forms of carcass weight

pluralcarcass weights

Questions about carcass weight

What does carcass weight mean?
Carcass weight means the weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.
What part of speech is carcass weight?
Carcass weight is a noun.
What is the plural of carcass weight?
The plural of carcass weight is carcass weights.

Words near carcass weight in the dictionary

  1. carcanets
  2. Carcar
  3. carcase
  4. carcases
  5. carcass
  6. carcass weight
  7. carcass weights
  8. carcasses
  9. carcassless
  10. carcasslike
  11. Carcassonne

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