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surplus killings

surplus killings is the plural of surplus killing.

Meaning of surplus killing

Noun

surplus killing (countable and uncountable, plural surplus killings)

  1. The behaviour of a predator that kills more prey than it can immediately eat and then caches or abandons the remainder.

Questions about surplus killings

What is surplus killings the plural of?
Surplus killings is the plural of surplus killing.

Words near surplus killings in the dictionary

  1. surplices
  2. surplus
  3. surplus budget
  4. surplus budgets
  5. surplus killing
  6. surplus killings
  7. surplus labour
  8. surplus to requirements
  9. surplus value
  10. surplus values
  11. surplusage

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