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mule : 英英辞書
Mule
(ml), n.[F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my°klos, mychlo°s. Cf. AS. ml, fr. L. mulus. Cf. Mulatto.]
1. (Zol.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.
Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness.
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.
3. A very stubborn person.
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.
Mule armadillo (Zol.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo.
Mule deer (Zol.), a large deer (Cervus, or Cariacus, macrotis) of the Western United States. The name refers to its long ears.
Mule pulley (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a b


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