A hybrid animal that results from crossing a male ass with a mare or, more rarely, a female ass with a stallion.
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释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > hybrid horse and ass > mule (21) muleOE A hybrid animal that results from crossing a male ass with a mare or, more rarely, a female ass with a stallion. muletto1656 A mule; esp. a small one. mute1838 A mule. Also: a hinny. hardtail1906 U.S. regional colloquial. A mule (sometimes spec. an older one: see quot. 1931). jarhead1906 U.S. regional (southern) and U.S. Army. A mule. Cf. jughead, n. skin1918 slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A horse, esp. an old or inferior one; (more generally) any old or worthless farm or working animal. Now rare. Subcategories:— female (2) — young (2) — having particular characteristics or bred in particular place (2) — used for specific purpose (7) — group of (1) — parts of (1) |
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