Cull meaning : A selection. An organised killing of selected animals. (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded. (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw. A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group). To gather, collect. To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner. To kill (animals etc). To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.