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burros

[bur-oh, boor-oh, buhr-oh] Origin

bur·ro

[bur-oh, boor-oh, buhr-oh]
noun, plural -ros.
1.
a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern U.S.
2.
any donkey.

Origin:
1790–1800; < Spanish < Portuguese, back formation from burrico ass < Vulgar Latin *burriccus for Late Latin burrīcus pony

borough, burro, burrow.
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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."
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