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spearing en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. The stabbing of something with a spear.
    • These spearings were not related to livestock killed but to young boys trying to prove their bravery. 2011, Cynthia J. Moss, Harvey Croze, Phyllis C. Lee, The Amboseli Elephants: A Long-Term Perspective on a Long-Lived Mammal, page 297:

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spearing en · VERB · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of spear
    form of spear

spearing en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. An Atlantic silverside, a fish of species Menidia menidia.

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