sexing
- present participle of sex.
Example Sentences
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According to Innovate Animal Ag, almost 15% of laying hens in the European Union were hatched using in-ovo sexing as of September 2023.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2024
Short of that, though, other non-invasive egg sexing technologies have also been developed in Europe.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2021
That might in part be because of more accurate ways of sexing skeletons.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2018
Turtle sexing is key for research purposes, and also for conservationists who are trying to pair mates.
From The Verge • Jul. 29, 2017
Having discussed with my neighbour in the country the difficulty of sexing her ducklings, I now know, as Donne surely did, that sexing can be far from straightforward.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
