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English[edit]
a beast of burden and its human leader
beast of burden (plural beasts of burden)
- A draught animal, such as a donkey, mule, llama, camel, horse or ox, that carries or pulls a load for the benefit of a human.
- (by extension) Any domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans, such as a herding dog or trained falcon.
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Translations[edit]
animal that carries or pulls a load
- Armenian: գրաստ (hy) (grast)
- Catalan: bèstia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 馱畜 (zh), 驮畜 (zh) (tuóchù)
- Czech: soumar m
- Dutch: lastdier (nl) n
- Finnish: juhta (fi), kantojuhta (fi), kuormajuhta (fi)
- French: bête de somme (fr) f, animal de trait (fr) m, bête de charge (fr) f
- Galician: besta de carga f
- German: Saumtier n, Lasttier (de) n, Lastkamel n, Saumkamel n, Packesel (de) m, Tragtier n, Zugtier (de) n
- Greek: υποζύγιο (el) n (ypozýgio)
- Icelandic: burðardýr n (carrying loads), dráttardýr n (pulling loads), vinnudýr n (more generic)
- Italian: giumento m, animale da soma m
- Japanese: 駄獣 (だじゅう, dajū), 駄載獣 (ださいじゅう, dasaijū)
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- Latin: iumentum (la) (pulling carts); armentum (pulling plows)
- Macedonian: товарно животно n (tovarno životno)
- Norwegian: trekkdyr n, kløvdyr n
- Persian: چهارپا (fa)
- Polish: zwierzę juczne n
- Portuguese: animal de carga m, animal cargueiro m
- Romanian: animal de povară m
- Russian: вью́чное живо́тное n (vʹjúčnoje živótnoje)
- Sicilian: sumeri (scn), sumaro
- Spanish: bestia de carga f, animal de carga m
- Swedish: lastdjur n, dragdjur n, ök (sv) n
- Ukrainian: в'ю́чна твари́на f (vʺjúčna tvarýna)
- Volapük: (generic) lodotanim, (ass) lodotacuk, (mule) lodotamulud, (hinny) lodotahinud, (horse) lodotajevod, (bovine) lodotabub, (ox) lodotahobub
- Welsh: anifail pwn
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Further reading[edit]
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