mule
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- noun
- /mjuːl/
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mula
- We will assume that each rider had a remount, a slave, a mule, and a shared tent.
- horses and mules
- mule-drawn wagon
- mule trains
It was the only thing to do after the mule died, honestly.
- It was the only thing to do after the mule died, honestly.
- But so late in the afternoon a bunch of horses and mules come walking fast up into that yard.
- There's a difference between a Clydesdale, you know, a mule, you know, and a thoroughbred.
- He's a sharecropper, but he gets his own first mule that he owns.
- Oh mules and horses just came walking fast up into the yard.
- He'd never take more than two or three up in the mountains at a time with mules, horses and so forth.
- I was like, why is there a mule in the fold?
- And we did all this never traveling by anything except ship, car, occasionally trains, buses, you know, sometimes mules.
Examples
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He's a sharecropper, but he gets his own first mule that he owns.
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The South began where the ratio between mules and horses tipped in favor of mules.
Academic text (2006) -
How many chromosomes does a mule have?
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l was plowing the north field and the mule went crazy.
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So most of you know hopefully that a mule is a combination of a donkey and a horse.
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Both paths are crowded with mules and drivers.
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There's a difference between a Clydesdale, you know, a mule, you know, and a thoroughbred.
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The government agreed to their request and supplied wagons, horses, and mules to the Utes.
Academic text (2016) -
The mule carried heavy loads across the rugged terrain with ease.
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She was fascinated by the fact that a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
Synonyms
An animal with a donkey father and a horse mother
A young animal whose parents are a male donkey and a female horse
A strong animal like a mule that carries loads for people
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.6
A large deer with long ears and antlers that split into two in western North America
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mule names the animal born of a male donkey and a female horse and has long been the word for this strong, hard-working animal. Because a mule is usually 'sterile' and cannot have young, the word points directly to that special cross between donkey and horse.