Meaning & use
Muley
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Naturally hornless, as of cattle; also used as a noun for such an animal.
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The rancher kept a small herd of muley cows that never needed dehorning.
Old-timers in the valley still call any hornless steer a muley.
A note on using this word
A regional American dialect term rooted in rural cattle-farming vocabulary, still heard in parts of the Midwest and South.
Words with a similar meaning
polledhornless
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Words with an opposite meaning
horned
Another way to use it
2. noun
A hornless cow or ox.
He pointed out the muley grazing near the fence.
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