burdo

Meaning

mule; hinny (offspring of a jackass and a mare or of a stallion and a jenny)

Concepts

Synonyms

hinnus

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈbʊr.doː]
Etymology

Not natively Latin since an initial v would be expected; probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *burdus (“mule”), according to Whatmough, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus, *gʷrd-o- (“slow, heavy, tired”).

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