pack animals
Cargo-carrying creatures
Pack animals are animals used to carry loads on their backs, typically horses, mules, donkeys, llamas, or camels.
The term extends to people who carry heavy burdens: We loaded up like pack animals for the camping trip.
In a different sense, pack animals are species that naturally live and travel in groups—wolves, dogs, elephants—as opposed to solitary creatures.
- beast of burdenAnimal used for hauling
- working animalAnimal performing labor
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- camelHumped desert mammal
- donkeyLong-eared equine
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- domesticated animalscow, dogs, pig, cats, horses
- animals and humanspets, cats, dogs, pet ownership, domestication
- caravanscamel caravans, camel caravan, caravan route, caravan routes, caravan leader
- desert travelcamel caravan, caravans, oasis, dunes, sand dunes
- nomadic lifenomads, yurt, wanderers, tent, Bedouins
- ancient transportsledges, rafts, dugout canoes, canoes, watercraft
pack animalsvehicles
Machines for transportation
trucks · automobiles · machinery · aircraft · trains
pack animalsmounts
Climbs onto or riding horses
companion animals · pets · draft animals · lap dogs · livestock
pack animalssolitary animals
Species living independently, not grouped
lone wolves · loners · hermits · isolates · solitary hunters
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