Hinny to the action of imprinted genes." A male hinny is properly called a "horse hinny", and a female hinny is properly called a "mare hinny", though in British English both female hinnies and female donkeys are sometimes called "jennets". Hinnies are difficult to obtain because of the differences in the number of chromosomes of the horse and the donkey. A donkey has 62 chromosomes, whereas a horse has 64. Hinnies, being hybrids of those two species, have 63 chromosomes and are sterile. The uneven number of chromosomes results in an incomplete reproductive system. According to the ADMS: "The equine hybrid
When a white horse is not a horse ambiguity of whether "is" means: In other words, the expression "a white horse is not a horse" is ambiguous between "a white horse is not identical with a horse" (true, because "white horse" is more specific than "horse"), and "a white horse is not a member of the set of horses" (obviously false). The Advocate in the dialogue is asserting that "a white horse is not [identical with] a horse," while the Objector is interpreting the Advocate's statement as "a white horse is not [a member of the group of] horses." An illustration of the alternative uses of "fei" may