bantamize

transitive verb

ban·​tam·​ize

ˈban-tə-ˌmīz

variants also British bantamise

ˈban-tə-ˌmīz

-ed/-ing/-s

: to cause (a breed of fowls) to become bantam or to produce a bantam strain

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