camelopard

[ kuh-mel-uh-pahrd ]

/ kəˈmɛl əˌpɑrd /

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noun Archaic.

a giraffe.

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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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How to use camelopard in a sentence

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
It is also called the camelopard, suggesting a resemblance in shape to the camel and in color to the leopard.
Educational Toys|Louis C. Petersen
The guanaco, a quadruped allied to the lama, and with some resemblance to the camelopard, is found in considerable numbers.
The Captive in Patagonia|Benjamin Franklin Bourne
I was plucked as I entered the room over the word Camelopard.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6|Augustus J. C. Hare

At the zoological garden was found nearly every animal extant, from a mouse to a camelopard.
Every-Day Errors of Speech|L. P. Meredith

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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