Meanings
nounpack animal (plural pack animals)
plural pack animals
- A domesticated animal used to carry heavy items.
The causeways were laid as hard paths for heavily laden pack-animals bringing in wool from outlying hamlets and farms.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 58 - A wild animal that lives and hunts in packs.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads
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pack animal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack%20animal
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