Mulita

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mule \Mule\ (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of
     mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L.
     mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.]
     1. (Zool.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated
        between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is applied
        to the offspring of a horse and a she-ass, but that hybrid


        is more properly termed a {hinny}. See {Hinny}.
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     Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
           and proverbial for stubbornness.
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     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}.
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     3. A very stubborn person.
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     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}.
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     5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
  
     Syn: mules, scuff, scuffs.
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     {Mule armadillo} (Zool.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
        hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also {mulita}.
        See Illust. under {Armadillo}.
  
     {Mule deer} (Zool.), a large deer ({Cervus macrotis} syn.
        {Cariacus macrotis}) of the Western United States. The
        name refers to its long ears.
  
     {Mule pulley} (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt
        which transmits motion between shafts that are not
        parallel.
  
     {Mule twist}, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in
        distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.
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