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  • So, Dino...can I get the regular flu shot and the "Hinny" shot at the same time, or must there be a....gap?

    H1N1 Madness ( or: Crayzee is Relative) 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • 'Hinny', for example, I guess is not what I find in my dic tionary for it (a horse-ass hybrid), but perhaps a local dialect for 'honey'?

    Felton Lonnen 1991

  • Mare, is what is called a Mule; and, on the other hand, the offspring of the Stallion and the she-Ass is what is called a 'Hinny'.

    The Perpetuation of Living Beings; hereditary transmission and variation Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Mare, is what is called a Mule; and, on the other hand, the offspring of the Stallion and the she-Ass is what is called a 'Hinny'.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • K. Hinny - I doubt you'll be disappointed by Straub.

    Rabid Reads: "Ghost Story" by Peter Straub 2010

  • Can I get my regular flu shot and the Hinny hee shot at the same time?

    Everything You Need to Know About the Flu 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • Then, if you look at the Hinny, — the result of the union of the Stallion and the she-Ass, then you find it is the Horse that has the predominance; that the head is more like that of the Horse, the ears are shorter, the legs coarser, and the type is altogether altered; while the voice, instead of being a bray, is the ordinary neigh of the Horse.

    Essays 2007

  • Female horses crossed with male donkeys will become mules that are almost all sterile, however, a male horse with a female donkey will produce a Hinny, which are more likely to be fertile than are mules.

    Current Biology on flagellum evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • You are aware that the offspring of the Ass and the Horse, or rather of the he-Ass and the Mare, is what is called a Mule; and, on the other hand, the offspring of the Stallion and the she-Ass is what is called a ‘Hinny’.

    Essays 2007

  • "And desert my horse, offspring of the Hinny and the Blue Stallion?" the Lady Blue demanded.

    Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982

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