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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dromedary
dromedary
n : one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and
southwestern Asia [syn:
Arabian camel,
Camelus dromedarius
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dromedary
Dromedary
\Drom"e*da*ry\ (dr[u^]m"[-e]*d[asl]*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Dromedaries (-r[i^]z). [F. dromadaire, LL. dromedarius, fr.
L. dromas (sc. camelus), fr. Gr. droma`s running, from
dramei^n, used as aor. of tre`chein to run; cf. Skr. dram to
run.] (Zo["o]l.)
The Arabian camel (
Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or
protuberance on the back, in distinction from the
Bactrian camel
, which has two humps.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In Arabia and Egypt the name is restricted to the
better breeds of this species of camel. See
Deloul.
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