"skulling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skullings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skulling (plural skullings)
  1. The act of determining the age of a young bird by measuring the degree of ossification of its skull.
    Sense id: en-skulling-en-noun-uQiXRZan

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} skulling
  1. present participle and gerund of skull Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: skull
    Sense id: en-skulling-en-verb-XEM6QHs7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78

Inflected forms

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