The meaning of Mule

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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.

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The israelites used various beasts of burden - mules, horses, camels and oxen.

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A hybrid plant or animal, especially a sterile one.

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Finch mules have always been more difficult to breed than the canaries or finches themselves, but s…

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A kind of spinning machine producing yarn on spindles, invented by samuel crompton in 1779.

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His near contemporary, the shy and upright samuel crompton invented the spinning mule that allowed …

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A small tractor or locomotive, typically one that is electrically powered.

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The trolley pole is mounted on a cylindrical bearing member secured to the side of an electric mule…

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A coin with the obverse and reverse of designs not originally intended to be used together.

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There are three recognised mule coins from the republic of india.

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A woman's slipper or light shoe without a back.

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Throwbacks to a swell fashion trend of yesteryear, they spice up any pair of shoes, from ballet fla…

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An animal whose mother is a horse and whose father is a donkey, used esp. for transporting loads