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mules

nounverbverbattested in dialogue

  • //mjuːlz//

To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of muleplural of mule

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of mulethird-person singular simple present indicative of mule

verb

  1. 1

    To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.

Etymology

From the surname of the procedure's inventor, John Mules.

Forms

past tense
mulesed
past participle
mulesed
present participle
mulesing
third person singular
muleses
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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