muley

[ myoo-lee, mool-ee ]

adjective
  1. (of cattle or deer) hornless; polled.

noun,plural mul·eys.
  1. any cow.

Origin of muley

1
1565–75; variant of dial. moiley<Irish maol or Welsh moel bald, hornless + -ey1, -ey2

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muley

mulley (ˈmʌlɪ)

/ (ˈmjuːlɪ) /


adjective
  1. (of cattle) having no horns

noun
  1. any hornless cow

Origin of muley

1
C16: variant of dialect moiley, from Gaelic maol, Welsh moel bald

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