donkey

English Thesaurus

1. domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	ass,
definition	:	hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	burro,
definition	:	small donkey used as a pack animal (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	moke,
definition	:	British informal for donkey (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	equus, genus equus,
definition	:	type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae (noun.animal)

2. the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	allegory, emblem,
definition	:	a visible symbol representing an abstract idea (noun.communication)