mule : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo.

Webster 1913

• noun long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers
  burro deer; Odocoileus hemionus.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a large deer (Cervus, ∨ Cariacus, macrotis) of the Western United States. The name refers to its long ears.

Webster 1913

• noun a worker who drives mules
  muleteer; skinner; mule driver.
  

WordNet

• noun California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer
  Baccharis viminea.
  

WordNet

• (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel.

Webster 1913

• noun a worker who drives mules
  muleteer; skinner; mule driver.
  

WordNet

• cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.

Webster 1913

• noun balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States
  Wyethia amplexicaulis.
  

WordNet

Mule"-jen`ny noun

Definitions

1. See Mule, 4.

Webster 1913

• noun herb with basal leaves and leafy hairy stems bearing solitary flower heads with white or pale cream-colored rays; northwestern United States
  Wyethia helianthoides.
  

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