pack animal

English

Noun

pack animal (plural pack animals)

1. A domesticated animal used to carry heavy items.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 58:

     The causeways were laid as hard paths for heavily laden pack-animals bringing in wool from outlying hamlets and farms.

2. A wild animal that lives and hunts in packs

Synonyms

• (animal used for carrying): beast of burden

Hyponyms

beasts of burden

• burro
• camel
• elephant
• goat
• horse
• llama
• mule
• ox
• reindeer
• water buffalo
• yak

Translations

animal used to carry heavy items — see beast of burden

See also

• pack train