hinny
/hin-ee/US // ˈhɪn i //UK // (ˈhɪnɪ) //
哈尼,阴阳师,疝气,桧木
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural hin·nies.
- : the sterile offspring of a male horse and a female donkey, similar in appearance and behavior to a mule, but usually smaller and with a more horselike head.
Examples
The body and barrel, however, of the hinny are flat and narrow, in which it differs from the horse and resembles the she ass.
The hinny, on the other hand, the produce of the stallion and she ass, is essentially a modified horse.
A very curious circumstance pertains to the voice of the mule and the hinny.
And hark ye, hinny, this house is to be your hame until you light on a better one, so just sleep saft in it and wake merrily.
You wouldn't deprive a poor cratur of all the comfort she has in the world, would ye, hinny?
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