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HINNY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: hinnied   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile

Example:

a hinny has a gentler disposition than a mule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hinny" is a kind of...):

equid; equine (hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck)

Holonyms ("hinny" is a member of...):

Equus; genus Equus (type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae)

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