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(myū'lē, mʊl'ē, mū'lē) pronunciation
adj.
Having no horns: muley cattle.

n., pl., -leys.
An animal without horns, especially a cow.

[From Irish Gaelic maol (from Old Irish mael) or from Welsh moel, bald, hornless.]


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