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The following 5 entries include the term beast of.
beast of burden
noun phrase: an animal employed to carry heavy loads or to perform other heavy work (such as pulling a plow)
beast of chase
noun: any of the animals (such as fallow deer, roe deer, fox, marten) that might be kept in or hunted under a chase in medieval England compare beast of venery, beast of warren
beast of prey
noun: a carnivorous animal
beast of venery
noun: any of the animals (such as red deer, boar, wolf, hare) that might be hunted in the forests (see forest sense 1) in medieval England compare beast of chase, beast of warren
beast of warren
noun: either the hare or the coney when kept and hunted in a warren (see warren sense 1) compare beast of chase, beast of venery
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