donkey

donkey
    n 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 [syn: {domestic ass}, {donkey}, {Equus
       asinus}]
    

Donkey \Don"key\ (d[o^][ng]"k[y^]), n.; pl. {Donkeys}
   (d[o^][ng]"k[i^]z). [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of
   the animal + a dim. termination.]
   1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.
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   2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
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   {Donkey engine}, a small auxiliary engine not used for
      propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers,
      raising heavy weights, and like purposes.

   {Donkey pump}, a steam pump for feeding boilers,
      extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary.

   {Donkey's eye} (Bot.), the large round seed of the {Mucuna
      pruriens}, a tropical leguminous plant.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "donkey":
      Boeotian, Rocky Mountain canary, ass, bigot, bitter-ender, block,
      bullethead, burro, clod, cuddy, dickey, diehard, dimwit, dogmatist,
      dolt, dope, dullard, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fanatic,
      gowk, hardnose, intransigeant, intransigent, jack, jackass, jennet,
      jenny, jenny ass, jobbernowl, lackwit, lamebrain, last-ditcher,
      lightweight, looby, loon, maverick, mule, neddy, niais, nincompoop,
      ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, perverse fool, pighead,
      positivist, purist, put, rocky, schmuck, standpat, standpatter,
      stickler, stupid, thickwit, witling