"trophy hunting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trophy-hunting [alternative]
Etymology: From trophy + hunting. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|trophy|hunting}} trophy + hunting Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} trophy hunting (uncountable)
  1. The killing of a carefully selected animal, particularly big game, under or without government license to acquire a part of the animal, such as the head or skin, as a souvenir. Tags: uncountable Related terms: trophy hunt, trophy hunter Translations (killing animals for souvenir): trofeejacht [feminine] (Dutch), trofeemetsästys (Finnish), chasse au trophée [feminine] (French), troféjakt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-trophy_hunting-en-noun-eiyb2psr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Hunting Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Hunting: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From trophy hunt + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trophy hunt|ing|nocat=1}} trophy hunt + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} trophy hunting
  1. present participle and gerund of trophy hunt Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: trophy hunt
    Sense id: en-trophy_hunting-en-verb-aGLAMgQz Categories (other): Hunting Disambiguation of Hunting: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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