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English a beast of burden and its human leader
Noun beast of burden plural beasts of burden
A draft animal , a pack 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 ) domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans , such as a herding dog or trained falcon .
Translations animal that carries or pulls a load
Armenian: գրաստ (hy) ( grast )
Catalan: bèstia (ca) f animal de càrrega m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馱畜 / 驮畜 (zh) ( tuóchù )
Czech: soumar (cs) m
Danish: arbejdsdyr n trækdyr n lastdyr n
Dutch: lastdier (nl) n
Esperanto: ŝarĝbesto
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 (de) n Lasttier (de) n Lastkamel n Saumkamel n Packesel (de) m Tragtier (de) n Zugtier (de) n Arbeitstier (de) n
Greek: υποζύγιο (el) n ( ypozýgio )
Ancient: ὑποζύγιον n ( hupozúgion )
Hungarian: málhás állat teherhordó állat
Icelandic: burðardýr n ( carrying loads ) , dráttardýr (is) n ( pulling loads ) , vinnudýr (is) 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 )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dewar (ku) f
Latin: iumentum (la) ( pulling carts ) , armentum ( pulling plows )
Macedonian: товарно животно n ( tovarno životno )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lastedyr n trekkdyr n kløvdyr n
Nynorsk: lastedyr n trekkdyr n kløvdyr n
Old Galician-Portuguese: azemela
Ottoman Turkish: حیوان ( hayvan )
Persian: چهارپا (fa)
Polish: zwierzę juczne n Old Polish: klusię n
Portuguese: animal de carga m animal cargueiro m azémola (pt) f ( Portugal ) , azêmola (pt) ( Brazil )
Romanian: animal de povară n
Russian: вью́чное живо́тное (ru) n ( vʹjúčnoje živótnoje )
Sicilian: sumeri (scn) , sumaro
Spanish: bestia de carga (es) f animal de carga m
Swedish: lastdjur (sv) n dragdjur (sv) n packdjur (sv) 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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