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Mules operation

/ mjuːlz /

noun

  1. the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mules operation1

named after J. H. W. Mules (died 1946), Australian grazier who first suggested it

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