fattener

noun

fat·​ten·​er -t(ᵊ)nə(r) 

plural -s

1

: one that fattens

selling young goslings to fatteners

2

: stock to be fattened for slaughter

some of the pigs were singled out as breeders and the rest left as fatteners

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