Definition of "beast of burden" []

• An animal, such as a donkey, ox, or elephant, used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work. (noun)

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• "On each of these stood a yachi-the chief beast of burden on New Lemuria, suggestive of a giant kangaroo, though with a larger head and a blue pelt."