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• Crutching — This article is about sheep husbandry. For using crutches to get around, see Crutch. Crutching a sheep that has been wigged (eye wooled) …   Wikipedia

• crutching — a form of fish locomotion which is hesitant, using the pectoral fins in a manner similar to that used by humans on crutches, e.g. in mudskippers and frogfishes. Also called amphipedal progression …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• crutching (it) — n British smuggling illicit substances (tobacco, drugs, etc.) in bodily crevices. An item of prison slang recorded in the 1990s …   Contemporary slang

• crutching — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of crutch (II) (to clip wool) : removal of wool from the crutch of a sheep; also : the wool crutched …   Useful english dictionary

• Mulesing — is a skilled surgical task[1] that involves the removal of strips of wool bearing skin from around the breech (buttocks) of a sheep to prevent flystrike (myiasis) in regions where it is common.[2] Mulesing is common practice in Australia as a way …   Wikipedia

• Sheep husbandry — Australian Merino Sheep Sheep husbandry is a subcategory of animal husbandry specifically dealing with the raising and breeding of domestic sheep. Sheep farming is primarily based on raising lambs for meat, or raising sheep for wool. Sheep may… …   Wikipedia

• Lucilia cuprina — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Glossary of sheep husbandry — The raising of domestic sheep has existed in nearly every inhabited part of the globe, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced a vast lexicon of unique terminology used to describe sheep husbandry. A few of …   Wikipedia

• Myiasis — Classification and external resources Cutaneous myiasis in the neck of a human ICD 10 B87 …   Wikipedia

• Sheep shearing — Sheep shearing, shearing or clipping is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep s wool is called a shearer . Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have… …   Wikipedia

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