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- Dictionarymule/mjuːl/
noun
- 1. the offspring of a donkey and a horse (strictly, a male donkey and a female horse), typically sterile and used as a beast of burden.
- 2. a hybrid plant or animal, especially a sterile one.
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The meaning of MULE is a hybrid between a horse and a donkey; especially : the offspring of a male donkey and a mare. How to use mule in a sentence.
a person who agrees to carry illegal drugs into another country in return for payment by the person selling the drugs: These very poor women who are used as mules by drug barons often get long prison sentences. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. mule noun [C] (SHOE) a woman's shoe or slipper that has no back.
Mule definition: the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.. See examples of MULE used in a sentence.
mule 1. (myo͞ol) n. 1. The sterile hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, characterized by long ears and a short mane. 2. A sterile hybrid, as between a canary and other birds or between certain plants. 3. Informal A stubborn person.
A mule has 63 chromosomes, intermediate between the 64 of the horse and the 62 of the donkey. Mules are usually infertile for this reason, while a female Donkey and male horse produce a partially female Jenny. Pregnancy is rare, but can occasionally occur naturally, as well as through embryo transfer.
a slipper (= a soft shoe for wearing indoors) or a woman's shoe that is open around the heel Topics Clothes and Fashion c2. Definition of mule noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness. Compare hinny. 2. any hybrid between the donkey and the horse.
MULE definition: an animal whose mother is a horse and whose father is a donkey (= animal like a small horse) . Learn more.
When a donkey and a horse have a baby, it's a mule. A mule, however, can not make babies — since it has an odd number of chromosomes (63, to be exact).
mule meaning, definition, what is mule: an animal that has a donkey and a horse ...: Learn more.
