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bur⋅ro
[bur-oh, boo
r-oh, buhr-oh] 
–noun, plural -ros.
| 1. | a small donkey, esp. one used as a pack animal in the southwestern U.S. |
| 2. | any donkey. |
Origin:
1790–1800; < Sp < Pg, back formation from burrico ass < VL *burriccus for LL burrīcus pony
1790–1800; < Sp < Pg, back formation from burrico ass < VL *burriccus for LL burrīcus pony
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| bur·ro (bûr'ō, bŏŏr'ō, bŭr'ō) n. pl. bur·ros A small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal. [Spanish, back-formation from borrico, donkey, from Late Latin burrīcus, small horse.] |
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Burro
Bur"ro\, n. [Sp., an ass.] (Zo["o]l.) A donkey. [Southern U.S.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : burro
Spanish:
asno, burro,
German:
der Esel,
Japanese:
ろば
burro
1800, from Sp. burrico "donkey," from L.L. burricus "small, shaggy horse," probably from burrus "reddish-brown," from Gk. pyrros "flame-colored, yellowish-red," from pyr (gen. pyros) "fire."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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