To select and remove animals or items from a group (often the weaker or less desirable ones), or the act of removal itself.
From Old French 'coillir' (to gather/pick), derived from Latin 'colligere' (to collect). The word originally meant 'to pick or choose' and evolved to mean 'to pick out and remove.'
The word 'cull' comes from the same root as 'collect'—but where 'collect' means gathering things together, 'cull' means picking out specific things to remove, so they're sort of opposite cousins!
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