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   Mule (mūl), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. μύκλος, μυχλός.  Cf. AS. mūl, fr. L. mulus.  Cf. Mulatto.]
   1. (Zool.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare.  Sometimes the term is applied to the offspring of a horse and a she-ass, but that hybrid is more properly termed a hinny.  See Hinny.
   
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   ☞ Mules are much used as draught animals.  They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness.
   
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   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.
   
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   3. A very stubborn person.
   
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   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.
   
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   5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
   
   Syn. -- mules, scuff, scuffs.
   
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   Mule armadillo (Zool.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo. -- Mule deer (Zool.), a large deer (Cervus macrotis syn. 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.
   
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