mule The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse. It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two pos ...

is the offspring of a female horse and a male donkey. Mule, Mules, MULE or The Mule can also refer to:

Animals

Mule (sheep) In sheep farming, the term mule is used to refer to a cross between a Bluefaced Leicester ram and a purebred hill (or mountain) ewe (usually a Swaledale sheep) . The production of such mule ewes is a widely used breeding management system which ...

, in British sheep farming, a cross between a meat ram and a hardy mountain ewe * Mule deer (''Odocoileus hemionus''), a North American species of deer (not a hybrid) with large mule-like ears * Mules, hybrid

British finches The British finches are made up of several species of finch which were formerly very popular as cage birds in Great Britain. They are not currently commonplace, but are still kept by a few dedicated fanciers. History In Victorian times British f ...

, such as of a goldfinch and a canary

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Mule (''Foundation''), a character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series

Films

* '' Francis the Talking Mule'' a 1954 film, launching a series of seven films featuring the character. * ''The Mule'', also known as '' Border Run'', a 2012 film starring Sharon Stone * ''The Mule'' (2014 film), a 2014 Australian film starring Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, and John Noble * ''The Mule'' (2018 film), a 2018 American film starring and directed by Clint Eastwood

Music

* ''Mule'' (album), a 1990 album by Alice Donut *

Mule (band) Mule was an American punk blues band from Michigan, active in the early 1990s. Formed from the ashes of Wig and Laughing Hyenas, their music incorporated elements of hardcore punk, blues-rock, and country music. History Mule formed in Ann Arb ...

, an American punk blues band fronted by P. Long * "Mule", a song by Agoraphobic Nosebleed from the 7" single ''Agoraphobic Nosebleed'' * "Mule", a song by Gov't Mule from the album ''

Gov't Mule Gov't Mule (pronounced "Government Mule") is an American Southern rock jam band, formed in 1994 as a side project of the Allman Brothers Band by guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody. Fans often refer to Gov't Mule simply as ''Mule''. ...

'' * "The Mule" (song), a song by Deep Purple from the album ''Fireball'' * "The Mule", a song by The Magic Numbers from the album ''

The Magic Numbers The Magic Numbers are an English pop rock band consisting of two brother-and-sister pairs, from Hanwell in west London. The group was formed in 2002, releasing their debut album titled ''The Magic Numbers'' on 13 June 2005. Their follow-up alb ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Mule'' (newspaper), a non-profit, Manchester-based independent media project * ''

M.U.L.E. ''M.U.L.E.'' is a 1983 multiplayer video game written for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers by Ozark Softscape. Designer Danielle Bunten Berry (credited as Dan Bunten) took advantage of the four joystick ports of the Atari 400 and 800 to ...

'', a 1983 multiplayer video game * The Mule (dance), a 1960s dance fad * "The Mule", a Hugo Award-winning novella republished as the second half of the novel '' Foundation and Empire''

People

Mule (nickname) As a nickname, Mule may refer to: In music * Major Holley (1924–1990), American jazz bassist * Henry Townsend (musician) (1909–2006), American blues singer, guitarist and pianist In sports Baseball * George Mule Armstrong (1885 ...

, a list of people * Mule (surname), a list of people with the last name Mule or Mules

Places

* Mule, Norway, a village in Levanger municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Mule Island, Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica *

Mule Keys The Mule Keys are a group of scattered islets in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. They are between west of Key West, separated from it by the Northwest Channel. On the west, they are separated from the Marquesas Keys ...

, a group of scattered islets in the Florida Keys **

Mule Key Mule Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. Located in the Outlying Islands of the Florida Keys, it is the easternmost of the Mule Keys t ...

, easternmost of the islets *

Mule Lake Mule Lake is a lake in Cass County, Minnesota, in the United States. Mule Lake was named from the resemblance of its outline to a mule's head. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the ...

, a lake in Minnesota * Mule Mountains (California), Riverside County, California * Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona *

Mule Peninsula Mule Peninsula is an irregularly shaped rocky peninsula between Ellis Fjord and Krok Fjord in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Exped ...

, Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica * Mule Point, Kemp Land, Antarctica *

Mule Town, Ohio Mule Town is an unincorporated community in southwestern Madison Township, Scioto County, Ohio, United States. Located at the intersection of State Route 335, Lucasville-Minford Road and Bennett Road, it lies just north of the unincorporated c ...

, an unincorporated community * The Mule (river), a river in Wales

Software

Mule (software) Mule is a lightweight enterprise service bus (ESB) and integration framework provided by MuleSoft. The platform is Java-based but, can broker interactions between other platforms such as .NET using web services or sockets. The architecture i ...

, an open source Java-based Enterprise Service Bus *

MULE The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse. It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two pos ...

, the MUltiLingual Extension to Emacs allowing editing text written in multiple languages

Sports teams

* Mules, the sports teams of

Leilehua High School Leilehua High School is a public, co-educational, college preparatory high school in Wahiawa, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. It is part of the Hawaii State Department of Education, nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States ...

, Wahiawa, Hawaii * Mules, the sports teams of

Muleshoe High School Muleshoe High School is a public high school located in Muleshoe, Texas (USA) and classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is part of the Muleshoe Independent School District located in northwest Bailey County. In 2013, the school was rated " ...

, Muleshoe, Texas * Mules, the sports teams of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania *

Central Missouri Mules and Jennies The sports teams at the University of Central Missouri are known as the Mules (men) and Jennies (women). They participate in the NCAA's Division II and in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. NCAA women’s bowling competes in ...

, the sports teams of the University of Central Missouri *

Colby Mules The Colby Mules (formerly known as the White Mules) are the varsity and club athletic teams of Colby College, a liberal arts college located in Waterville, Maine. Colby's varsity teams compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference ...

, the sports teams of Colby College, in Waterville, Maine *

New Britain Mules The New Britain Palaces were an American basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball ...

, a 1930s American Basketball League team *

Newark Bears (basketball) The Newark Bears (also known as the ''Joe Fays'') were an American basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest cit ...

, an American Basketball League team renamed the Newark Mules for the 1934 season; merged with the New Britain Jackaways to form the New Britain Mules in the second half of the season * St. Louis Mules, a member of the American Soccer League in the 1972 season

Transport

* Mule, the NATO reporting name of the Polikarpov Po-2 Soviet biplane * Mule, a type of locomotive * Mule, a light utility vehicle produced by Kawasaki and by extension any similar vehicle * Mule, the U.S. Military M274 Truck, Platform, Utility 1/2 Ton, 4X4, a 4-wheel drive military vehicle *

Mules (Amtrak) The ''Kansas City Mule'' and ''St. Louis Mule'' were a pair of 283-mile (455 km) passenger trains operated by Amtrak running between St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri as part of the '' Missouri Service'' train network. Also operating over ...

, two passenger trains which ran between St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri * Development mule (typically simply "mule"), a vehicle equipped with experimental or prototype components for testing * Maultier ("Mule"), a series of German World War II half-tracks *

Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment vehicle The Multi-Mission Unmanned Ground Vehicle, previously known as the Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment vehicle (MULE), was an autonomous unmanned ground combat vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control for the Unit ...

(MULE), an unmanned six-wheeled vehicle

Other uses

* Mule (cocktail), a cocktail made of a spirit, ginger beer and lime juice *

Mule (coin) In numismatics, a mule is a coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece. These can be intentional or produced by error. This type of error is highly sought after by collectors, and examples can fetch ...

, a coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece *

Mule (shoe) Mule is a style of shoe that has no back or constraint around the foot's heel. Mules have a history going as far back as Ancient Rome, even though they were not popularly worn until sixteenth-century Europe. There, mules were bedroom slippers an ...

, a type of shoe or slipper without a back * Mule (smuggling), a smuggler of contraband * Spinning mule or Crompton's mule, a textile spinning technology created by Samuel Crompton in 1779