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hin⋅ny

  [hin-ee]
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–noun, plural -nies.
the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey. Compare mule 1 (defs. 1, 2).
Origin:
1680–90; obs. hinne (< L hinnus; akin to Gk gínnos mule) + -y 2
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hin·ny   (hĭn'ē)   
n.   pl. hin·nies
The hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey.

[Alteration of Latin hinnus, from Greek ginnos, innos.]
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hinny 
"offspring of a stallion and a she-ass," 1688, from L. hinnus, from Gk. innos, ginnos, of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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