Definition of "hinny" [hin•ny]

• The hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey. (noun)

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• "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."
• "A hinny is the offspring of a stallion and a she - donkey."
• "On the other hand, the hinny, which is the offspring of the stallion and the she-ass, is essentially a modified horse, having the general configuration of the horse, but being a much smaller animal than its sire, and therefore approaching the dam in size as well as in the comparative narrowness of its trunk."