jenny
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9.5
A female donkey
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛni/
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yegua
- The little jenny came to him of her own accord, whiskering over his palm.
Examples
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After the storm, the farmer found his jenny hiding in the barn.
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The little jenny nuzzled against her owner's hand.
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He set the washed jar down on the priest's door sill, then untied the priest's two donkeys, the jack and the sweet jenny, each marked with a crude cross on the flank, and led them out to forage.
Fiction book (2000) -
The male donkey is a jack, and the female is a jenny.
Synonyms
Compounds
8.0
A low plant with round leaves and small yellow flowers that spreads to cover the ground
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jenny is the name for a female donkey, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of the common woman's name Jenny, because people once used that name as a simple name for a female donkey while the male donkey is called a jack, as in jackass. That's why Jenny means 'female donkey'.