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toe-clippings

toe-clippings is the plural of toe-clipping.

Meaning of toe-clipping

Noun

toe-clipping (countable and uncountable, plural toe-clippings)

  1. (uncountable) The act of removing sections of animal toes, especially of amphibians, reptiles, or small mammals, for the purposes of identification when recaptured.
  2. (countable) The section of animal toe removed.

Questions about toe-clippings

What is toe-clippings the plural of?
Toe-clippings is the plural of toe-clipping.

Words near toe-clippings in the dictionary

  1. toe walls
  2. toe-and-heel
  3. toe-biter
  4. toe-biters
  5. toe-clipping
  6. toe-clippings
  7. toe-crusher
  8. toe-crushers
  9. toe-crushing
  10. toe-curling
  11. toe-curlingly

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