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Pack animal   /pæk ˈænəməl/   Listen
Pack animal

noun
1.
An animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads.  Synonym: sumpter.






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"Pack animal" Quotes from Famous Books



... two saddle horses, a pack animal, and five good lion dogs. On the trail to the Ventana Mountains we came across lion tracks and followed them for a day, then lost them; but we knew that a large male and young female were ranging ...
— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope

... bearing down on the fire's glow, visible for miles in that level country. It advanced noiselessly through the swaying bushes, till, entering the limits of the light, it detached itself from the darkness, taking the form of a mounted man followed by a pack animal. The projected rays of red played along the barrel of a rifle held across the saddle, and struck answering gleams from touches of metal on the bridle. So soundless was the approach that Susan heard nothing till a lupine ...
— The Emigrant Trail • Geraldine Bonner

... again, taking the pack animal with him. He had had the audacity to come back after his loot—and had got some of ...
— Brand Blotters • William MacLeod Raine



Words linked to "Pack animal" :   jument, packhorse, sumpter, beast of burden



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