HINNY (hinnied)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: hinnied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hinny mean? 

• HINNY (noun)
  The noun HINNY has 1 sense:

1. hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile

  Familiarity information: HINNY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HINNY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Context example:

a hinny has a gentler disposition than a mule

Hypernyms ("hinny" is a kind of...):

equid; equine (hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck)

Holonyms ("hinny" is a member of...):

Equus; genus Equus (type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae)