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camelopard

[ kuh-mel-uh-pahrd ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a giraffe.


camelopard

/ kəˈmɛl-; ˈkæmɪləˌpɑːd /

noun

  1. an obsolete word for giraffe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of camelopard1

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin camēlopardus, for Latin camēlopardālis < Greek kamēlopárdalis giraffe, equivalent to kámēlo ( s ) camel + pardalis pard 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of camelopard1

C14: from Medieval Latin camēlopardus, from Greek kamēlopardalis, from kamēlos camel + pardalis leopard , because the giraffe was thought to have a head like a camel's and spots like a leopard's
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Example Sentences

The camelopard was to get his long neck by stretching for his food; and the duck her web-foot by paddling in the water.

It is also called the camelopard, suggesting a resemblance in shape to the camel and in color to the leopard.

The guanaco, a quadruped allied to the lama, and with some resemblance to the camelopard, is found in considerable numbers.

I was plucked as I entered the room over the word Camelopard.

At the zoological garden was found nearly every animal extant, from a mouse to a camelopard.

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