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burro
[ bur-oh, boor-oh, buhr-oh ]
noun
plural burros.
- a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern U.S.
- any donkey.
burro
/ ˈ²úÊŠ°ùəʊ /
noun
- a donkey, esp one used as a pack animal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of burro1
1790–1800; < Spanish < Portuguese, back formation from burrico ass < Vulgar Latin *burriccus for Late Latin ²ú³Ü°ù°ùÄ«³¦³Ü²õ pony
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of burro1
C19: Spanish, from Portuguese, from burrico donkey, ultimately from Latin ²ú³Ü°ù°ùÄ«³¦³Ü²õ small horse
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Your second best bet is to stay put and get yourself a burro.
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Some still use burros to lug water from the well uphill to the village.
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Two men who used short-barreled rifles to kill three wild burros in the Mojave Desert in 2021 pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges, prosecutors said.
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They unleashed livestock and burros into the grasslands.
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New information may offer clues in the killings of several wild burros in the Mojave Desert more than four years ago.
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