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单词 moulleen
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moulleenn.

Brit. /muːˈliːn/, U.S. /muˈlin/, Irish English /muːˈliːn/
Forms: 1800s– moulleen, 1900s– moilin, 1900s– moolyin, 1900s– muelen, 1900s– muileen, 1900s– muilleen, 1900s– mullion.
Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish maoilín.
Etymology: < Irish maoilín < maol (see moil n.3) + -ín -een suffix2.
Irish English.
A cow without horns. Also moulleen cow.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > projection on head > horn > animal with horns > that's lost its horns
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > horn > cow defined by
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1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 97 The two moulleens that her uncle Jack left her.
1939 P. Gallagher My Story 11 We owned one cow, an old muelen.
1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 191/2 A muileen cow.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 226/1 Moilin, moolyin, moulleen, muilleen, mullion, a hornless cow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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