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A mule is a hybrid equid, a cross of a female horse and a male donkey, often used for transport in rugged terrain
Mule or MULE can also refer to:
[edit] Things connected with equid mules
- 40 acres and a mule, compensation to be awarded to freed slaves after the American Civil War
- Twenty-mule team, a team of eighteen mules and two horses, used for hauling very large wagons in Death Valley in the 19th century
[edit] Other hybrids
- Mule (bird), captive-bred hybrids of finch species such as goldfinch and canary
- Mule (sheep), in British sheep farming, a cross between a meat ram and a hardy mountain ewe
- Development mule, a vehicle equipped with experimental or prototype components for testing
- Mule (coin), a coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece
[edit] Other animals
- Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), a North American species of deer (not a hybrid) with large mule-like ears
[edit] Other transport
- Mule (smuggling) or drug mule, a person used to carry contraband
- Mule, a light utility vehicle produced by Kawasaki and by extension any similar vehicle
- Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE), an unmanned six-wheeled vehicle
- M274 Mule, a 4-wheel drive military vehicle, officially called U.S. Military M274 Truck, Platform, Utility 1/2 Ton, 4X4
- Mules (Amtrak), two passenger trains which ran between St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri
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[edit] Software
- Mule (software), an open source Java-based Enterprise Service Bus
- MULE, the MUltiLingual Extension to Emacs allowing editing text written in multiple languages
- Mule (parser), a parser made at The University of Arizona
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[edit] See also
- Mul
- Mulesing, a controversial Australian procedure which aims to reduce fly-strike in sheep by removing folds of skin around the tail