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Definition of Domestic ass
1. Noun. Domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn.
Group relationships: Equus, Genus Equus
Generic synonyms: Ass
Specialized synonyms: Burro, Moke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Domestic Ass
Literary usage of Domestic ass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commerce of the Prairies, Or, The Journal of a Santa Fè Trader: During Eight by Josiah Gregg (1845)
"... the country in regard to the Ownership of Animals—Anecdote of a Mexican
Colonel—The Burro or domestic ass and its Virtues—Shepherds and their Habits—The ..."
2. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1906)
"It is very similar to the domestic ass in color and markings, but has a distinct
... From the wild ass various breeds of the domestic ass have descended, ..."
3. Management and Breeding of Horses by Merritt Wesley Harper (1913)
"CHAPTER XXIII THE domestic ass The domestic ass is commonly known as the jack or the
... It is assumed that the domestic ass descended from this species. ..."
4. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier (1870)
"The Tartars capture them to improve the breed of their domestic Ass, and also to
get possession of their skins; they also eat their flesh, ..."
5. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"(The domestic ass.) I!.51. Grey, with a longitudinal dorsal streak and a dark streak
... The common domestic ass is sometimes of the usual grey colour, ..."
6. The Natural History of Horses: The Equidæ Or Genus Equus of Authors. by Charles Hamilton Smith (1841)
"THE domestic ass.fA sinus domesticus. IT may be questioned whether both the wild ass
... The domestic ass, if not of this parentage, is then a mixed breed ..."
7. Points of the Horse: A Treatise on the Conformation, Movements, Breeds and by Matthew Horace Hayes (1904)
"Geographical Distribution of Wild Asses—domestic ass and Nubian Wild ...
The domestic ass (Fig. 397) is evidently descended from the Nubian Wild Ass (Figs. ..."
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