verb
mules
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verb
1
To surgically remove skin around a sheep's tail to prevent flystrike (a livestock practice).
"The farm no longer mules its lambs after switching breeds."
"Animal welfare groups have criticized mulesing sheep."
How to Use Mules
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA farming procedure performed on sheep, named after the man who invented it — unrelated to the animal "mule."
Word Forms
mulesed past tense, muleses singular
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Etymology
Named after John Mules, the farmer who invented the procedure.