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bur⋅ro

  [bur-oh, boor-oh, buhr-oh]
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–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
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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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Word Origin & History

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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