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Horse and donkey cross
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hinny
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Word definitions for hinny in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hinny \Hin"ny\, n.; pl. Hinnies . [L. hinnus, cf. Gr. ?.] A hybrid between a stallion and an ass; -- correlative of the mule .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"offspring of a stallion and a she-ass," 1680s, from Latin hinnus , from Greek innos, ginnos , of unknown origin.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. sterile offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass [also: hinnied ]
Usage examples of hinny.
Fancy a confident country-girl--supreme in her own district over the Hobs and Hinnies thereabouts--in conflict with the adroit man of the world, and you have the whole history of Margaret Cooper, and the secret of her misfortune.
All hinnies in quest of water wore those padded weezes on their crowns in place of their usual bonnets.
I knew nothing about that horse except that a hinny was the sterile issue of stallion and jenny, most like a mule but prettier, yet already I was eager to ride her.
He stared at the Hinny, the most beautifully structured mare ever to be seen in our village.
But the Hinny surveyed him with such uncanny certainty that he could not protest further.
The Hinny ate from my hand, and how I wished she could be mine for life, but I knew she was only on loan.
I wanted to save Snowflake, but I wanted also to be a little longer with the Hinny, and to experience more of the magic of the interior wilds of Phaze.
The Hinny came and nuzzled me, and I was ashamed for that I had let her fight while I did naught.
Then the boy came to minister to the Hinny, who was on the ground, her knees frozen.
Snowflake grazed beside the Hinny, who watched out for her in the manner of a dam, and I knew the foal would not come to harm.
A snow demon had fired a freeze-spell at the Blue Adept, and it had caught the Hinny and damaged her knees.
Lady rode a pale blue mare, the offspring of the foal of the Hinny and the Blue Stallion.
Sometimes out in the fields we thought we glimpsed the Hinny, and our hearts yearned toward her, but never came she nigh.
Never did I see him so angry, for the Hinny had been his admiration since the instant he saw her first.
When he saw the Hinny he gave a great cry of agony and fell upon her, taking her head in his arms, and the tears flowed down his face.