subprimal

US: (sub prī′məl)

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sub•pri•mal  (sub prī′məl), adj. 

1. Food (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.

n. 

2. Food such a cut of meat.

• sub- + primal