camelopard

[ kuh-mel-uh-pahrd ]

/ kəˈmɛl əˌpɑrd /

noun Archaic.

a giraffe.

Origin of camelopard

1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin camēlopardus, for Latin camēlopardālis<Greek kamēlopárdalis giraffe, equivalent to kámēlo(s) camel + pardalispard¹

Words nearby camelopard

cameleer, camel grass, camelhair, camelid, camellia, camelopard, Camelopardalis, Camelopardus, Camelot, camel's hair, cameltoe

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Example sentences from the Web for camelopard

Some authors have proved the mildness and docility of the camelopard, while others represent it as incapable of being tamed.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.|Various
The camelopard was to get his long neck by stretching for his food; and the duck her web-foot by paddling in the water.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various
Giraffe, ji-raf′, n. the camelopard, an African quadruped with remarkably long neck and legs.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
This was not the case with the camelopard that had got loose and fled among the foremost.
The Giraffe Hunters|Mayne Reid

A little before the sun went down my driver remarked to me, "I was just going to say, sir, that that old tree was a camelopard."
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for camelopard

camelopard

/ (ˈkæmɪləˌpɑːd, kəˈmɛl-) /

noun

an obsolete word for giraffe

Word Origin for camelopard

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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单词	camelopard
释义	camelopard [ kuh-mel-uh-pahrd ] / kəˈmɛl əˌpɑrd / noun Archaic. a giraffe. Origin of camelopard 1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin camēlopardus, for Latin camēlopardālis<Greek kamēlopárdalis giraffe, equivalent to kámēlo(s) camel + pardalispard¹ Words nearby camelopard cameleer, camel grass, camelhair, camelid, camellia, camelopard, Camelopardalis, Camelopardus, Camelot, camel's hair, cameltoe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for camelopard Some authors have proved the mildness and docility of the camelopard, while others represent it as incapable of being tamed. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.\|Various The camelopard was to get his long neck by stretching for his food; and the duck her web-foot by paddling in the water. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845\|Various Giraffe, ji-raf′, n. the camelopard, an African quadruped with remarkably long neck and legs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)\|Various This was not the case with the camelopard that had got loose and fled among the foremost. The Giraffe Hunters\|Mayne Reid A little before the sun went down my driver remarked to me, "I was just going to say, sir, that that old tree was a camelopard." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.\|Various British Dictionary definitions for camelopard camelopard / (ˈkæmɪləˌpɑːd, kəˈmɛl-) / noun an obsolete word for giraffe Word Origin for camelopard 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 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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