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  1. 1. n. A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A very stubborn person. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and jenny">mule-jenny. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a slipper that has no fitting around the heel Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. (Zoöl.) 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 (Zoöl.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo. -- Mule deer (Zoöl.), 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass anda mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny. Source: adambom
  9. 9. n:100 n. hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile n. a slipper that has no fitting around the heel Source: ecdict

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