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Mule

usgb/mjuːl/Volume
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Animal Hybrid

Understand that 'mule' refers to a specific animal hybrid and not just any mixed-breed animal.

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Crossbreeding a pony and a donkey will not produce a mule.
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Workload Carrier

'Mule' highlights the animal's historic role in hauling burdens, making it a metaphor for bearing heavy loads.

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He's carrying all our backpacks, our very own mule.
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Stubborn Reputation

Mules are famously stubborn, so 'stubborn as a mule' implies great obstinacy.

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I tried to change his mind, but he's stubborn as a mule.
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