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carcass weights

carcass weights is the plural of carcass weight.

Meaning of carcass weight

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

Questions about carcass weights

What is carcass weights the plural of?
Carcass weights is the plural of carcass weight.

Words near carcass weights in the dictionary

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

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