camelopard

[ kuh-mel-uh-pahrd ]

nounArchaic.
  1. a giraffe.

Origin of camelopard

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin camēlopardus, for Latin camēlopardālis<Greek kamēlopárdalis giraffe, equivalent to kámēlo(s) camel + pardalispard1

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camelopard

/ (ˈkæmɪləˌpɑːd, kəˈmɛl-) /


noun
  1. an obsolete word for giraffe

Origin of camelopard

1
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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