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a beast of burden and its human leader

beast of burden ‎(plural beasts of burden)

A draught animal that carries or pulls heavy loads, such as a donkey, mule, llama, camel or ox.
(by extension) Any domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans, such as a herding dog or trained falcon.

animal that carries or pulls heavy loads

Armenian: գրաստ (hy) ‎(grast)
Catalan: bèstia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馱畜 (zh), 驮畜 (zh) ‎(tuóchù)
Czech: soumar m
Dutch: lastdier (nl) n
Finnish: juhta (fi), kantojuhta (fi), kuormajuhta (fi)
French: bête de somme (fr) f, animal de trait (fr) m, bête de charge (fr) f
German: Saumtier n, Lasttier n, Lastkamel n, Saumkamel n, Packesel m, Tragtier n, Zugtier n
Greek: υποζύγιο (el) n ‎(ypozýgio)
Italian: giumento m, animale da soma m
Japanese: 駄獣 ‎(だじゅう, dajū), 駄載獣 ‎(ださいじゅう, dasaijū)

Macedonian: товарно животно n ‎(tovarno životno)
Norwegian: trekkdyr n, kløvdyr n
Persian: چهارپا (fa)
Polish: zwierzę juczne n
Portuguese: animal de carga m, animal cargueiro m
Romanian: animal de povară m
Russian: вью́чное живо́тное n ‎(vʹjúčnoje živótnoje)
Sicilian: sumeri (scn), sumaro
Spanish: bestia de carga f, animal de carga m
Swedish: lastdjur n, dragdjur n
Ukrainian: в'ю́чна твари́на f ‎(vʺjúčna tvarýna)
Volapük: (generic) lodotanim, (ass) lodotacuk, (mule) lodotamulud, (hinny) lodotahinud, (horse) lodotajevod, (bovine) lodotabub, (ox) lodotahobub
Welsh: anifail pwn

domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans