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pack animal

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a mule, donkey, burro, or horse bred for vigor and hardiness and used for carrying heavy loads.

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First recorded in 1840–50

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Burros were used by gold miners as pack animals in California more than a century ago.

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There will be two primary areas of study: exploring the ecological and sociological implications of the pack animals’ return to the state.

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Rasseem, Smithy, Mara, and the rest of the convoy marched behind us with all the pack animals.

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Pigs are pack animals — not so different from being in a touring rock band, the singer and guitarist Marisa Dabice, 36, noted playfully.

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Burros are not native to the West’s deserts — they are descendants of the pack animals that miners and prospectors used more than a century ago.

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