camelopard
/ˈkamɪlə(ʊ)pɑːd
/ /kəˈmɛləpɑːd /noun archaic
A giraffe.The Greeks called the giraffe a camelopard, describing the animal as possessing a camel's body but wearing a leopard's coat....
- The moustache drawn on the camelopard is said to have been modeled after the moustache of Thomas Glover.
- The camelopard has short horns, covered with hair, truncated at the end, and tufted with hair.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kamēlopardalis, from kamēlos 'camel' + pardalis (see pard).