Selected from a large quantity

adjective

1. Selected or chosen from a group

   "The … weighty but not overstuffed shelves of carefully culled selections—Dan Brown, yes; Danielle Steele, no, per the curator of manuscripts—beseech that titles be taken down and opened …"

2. Reduced in size by removal (as by hunting or slaughter) of especially weak or sick individuals

   "… a new levy would be issued to dairy farmers to cover some of the compensation costs for culled herds … , the report said."

3. Removed (as by hunting or slaughter) for culling see cull

   "The culling program has been controversial from the start. Each winter, some of the culled animals are killed by hunters … ; others are slaughtered for meat."

verb

1. To select from a group choose

   "culled the best passages from the poet's work"

2. To reduce or control the size of (something, such as a herd) by removal (as by hunting or slaughter) of especially weak or sick individuals

   "The town issued hunting licenses in order to cull the deer population."