hornless; polled: said of cattle
Origin of muley
Scottish moiley from Celt, as in Welsh moel, Gaelic maol, hornless, bald from Indo-European base an unverified form mai-, to cut off from source mad- a hornless cow
- any cow
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muley
adjective
Having no horns: muley cattle.
noun
pl. mu·leysAn animal without horns, especially a cow.
Origin of muley
From Irish Gaelic maol ( from Old Irish mael ) or from Welsh moel bald, hornlessTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
Gaelic maolag, a hornless cow, from maol, bald, hornless, blunt.
Noun
(plural muleys)
- (informal) mule deer
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