The evolution of sexual reproduction is a major puzzle because asexual reproduction should be able to outcompete it as every young organism created can bear its own young. This implies that an asexual population has an intrinsic capacity to grow more rapidly with each generation.
Definition of cutting. 1  1 : given to or designed for cutting; especially : sharp, edged. 2  2 : marked by sharp piercing cold cutting winds. 3  3 : inclined or likely to wound the feelings of others especially because of a ruthless incisiveness a cutting remark.  4 : intense, piercing a cutting pain.
Definition of cutout. 1 : something cut out or off from something else; also : the space or hole left after cutting. 2 : one that cuts out. 3 : an intermediary in a clandestine operation. 4 : a record album no longer in production that is sold at a discount.