Meaning & use
hinny
The offspring of a male horse and a female donkey.
See it in a sentence
The farmer explained that a hinny looks similar to a mule but comes from the opposite pairing of parents.
Hinnies are less common than mules because the cross is harder to breed successfully.
A note on using this word
A hinny (horse father, donkey mother) is often confused with a mule (donkey father, horse mother); the two are genetically related but distinct crosses.
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mule
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