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Mule Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mule? [n] sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse [n] a slipper that has no fitting around the heel Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mule: mules \| scuff \| scuffs Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mule: ass \| bastard \| beast of burden \| bigot \| bitter-ender \| bullethead \| camel \| Cape Colored \| cattalo \| citrange \| cross \| crossbred \| crossbreed \| diehard \| dogmatist \| donkey \| draft animal \| dromedary \| elephant \| Eurasian \| fanatic \| griffe \| half blood \| half-bred \| half-breed \| half-caste \| hardnose \| high yellow \| hinny \| horse \| husky \| hybrid \| intransigeant \| intransigent \| jennet \| jenny \| ladino \| last-ditcher \| liger \| llama \| malamute \| manlike \| manly \| masculine \| maverick \| mestee \| mestiza \| mestizo \| metis \| metisse \| mixblood \| mixed-blood \| mongrel \| mulatto \| mustee \| octoroon \| ox \| pack horse \| perverse fool \| pighead \| plumcot \| positivist \| purist \| quadroon \| quintroon \| reindeer \| sambo \| Siberian husky \| silkworm \| sledge dog \| spider \| spinner \| spinning frame \| spinning jenny \| spinster \| standpat \| standpatter \| stickler \| sumpter \| sumpter horse \| sumpter mule \| tangelo \| throstle \| tigon \| zebrass \| zebrule See Also \| carpet slipper \| equid \| equine \| Equus \| genus Equus \| slipper Mule In Webster's Dictionary \Mule\ (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L. mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See {Hinny}. Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness. 2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also {hybrid}. 3. A very stubborn person. 4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also {jenny} and {mule-jenny}. {Mule armadillo} (Zo["o]l.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also {mulita}. See Illust. under {Armadillo}. {Mule deer} (Zo["o]l.), a large deer ({Cervus, or Cariacus, macrotis}) of the Western United States. The name refers to its long ears. {Mule pulley} (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel. {Mule twist}, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.

Mule Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mule?

[n] sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
[n] a slipper that has no fitting around the heel

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mule: mules | scuff | scuffs

Mule In Webster's Dictionary

\Mule\ (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of
mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L.
mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated
   between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a
   she-ass. See {Hinny}.

Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
      and proverbial for stubbornness.

2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the
   pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust
   of another; -- called also {hybrid}.

3. A very stubborn person.

4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool,
   etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; --
   called also {jenny} and {mule-jenny}.

{Mule armadillo} (Zo["o]l.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
   hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also {mulita}.
   See Illust. under {Armadillo}.

{Mule deer} (Zo["o]l.), a large deer ({Cervus, or Cariacus,
   macrotis}) of the Western United States. The name refers
   to its long ears.

{Mule pulley} (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt
   which transmits motion between shafts that are not
   parallel.

{Mule twist}, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in
   distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.

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