plural burros
: donkey sense 1
The farm boasted an array of animals including goats, a burro, geese, ducks, chickens and an Irish water spaniel named Mr. Dooley …—
Dorothy and John Tarrant
Dorothy and John Tarrant
especially
: a small donkey used as a pack animal
… bought a burro on which to pack their kit. —Frank Norris
Frank Norris Figures darker than the gloom approached and took shape, and in the light turned out to be those of a white man and a heavily packed burro. —Zane Grey
Zane Grey 
Examples of burro in a Sentence
used a burro to carry the supplies
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The animals don’t move again until the donkey apparently gives the all-clear: After sizing up a disbelieving Fennell, the burro turns its head and trots off.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
The origins of pack burro racing The state’s official summer heritage sport since 2012, pack burro racing first began in 1949 with the World Championship Pack Burro Race, running from Leadville (about 100 miles southwest of Denver) to Fairplay.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
Barely above their manes, the operators of the screaming helicopters are corralling the mustangs and burros into a pack and driving them toward holding pens, often miles and miles away.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 3 June 2024
The meal offers special mocktail pairings with distinct flavors like lemon verbena, beets and burro, an herb used to make digestive teas and infusions.
—Christine Chitnis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
The origins of pack burro racing The state’s official summer heritage sport since 2012, pack burro racing first began in 1949 with the World Championship Pack Burro Race, running from Leadville (about 100 miles southwest of Denver) to Fairplay.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
Barely above their manes, the operators of the screaming helicopters are corralling the mustangs and burros into a pack and driving them toward holding pens, often miles and miles away.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 3 June 2024
The meal offers special mocktail pairings with distinct flavors like lemon verbena, beets and burro, an herb used to make digestive teas and infusions.
—Christine Chitnis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
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“Burro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burro. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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