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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0717.00012.] Let \(Q\) be a nonempty set, \(m, n\) positive integers and \(A\) a mapping of \(Q^ n\) into \(Q^ m\). Then \((Q,A)\) is said to be an \((n,m)\)-groupoid (or vector-valued groupoid when it is not necessary to emphasize \(n\) and \(m\)). An \((n,m)\)-groupoid \((Q,A)\) is called cyclic iff for every \(a_ 1^{n+m}\in Q\) \[ A(a^ n_ 1)=(a^{n+m}_{n+1})\Rightarrow A(a^{n+1}_ 2)=(a^{n+m}_{n+2},a_ 1). \] In this paper a class of cyclic vector-valued groupoids which are closely related to Mendelsohn quadruple systems (MQS) is considered. Some properties of such vector- valued groupoids are determined, their relation to MQS described and a construction of some vector-valued groupoids from this class is given.