WordNet
work animal
n. an animal trained for and used for heavy labor
Usage examples of "work animal".
The loss of that work animal must have been devastating for a poor farm family.
Strong could just as easily have been speaking of a valuable work animal or a piece of machinery now long out of production.
I tried to think of some other work animal for my parable, but the Congo has none.
They have no work animal, so they have to pull and push their cart on the road themselves.
A mule is a work animal and can be a riding animal, and is often stubborn.
In the changed world something new grew up-perhaps a pet or a work animal, an evolved dog or horse.
Hers were the eyes and lined face and gnarled hands of a work animal.