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mule
noun [C] (ANIMAL) /mjuːl/Definition
› an animal whose mother is a horse and whose father is a donkey, used especially for transporting goodsHorses and similar animals
(Definition of mule noun (ANIMAL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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