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Noun: donkey  dóng-kee
  1. The symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
     
  2. Domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
    - domestic ass, Equus asinus

Derived forms: donkeys

Type of: allegory, ass, emblem

Part of: Equus, genus Equus

Encyclopedia: Donkey