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Definition of: camel
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(kam′əl) noun
1. A large Asian or African ruminant (genus Camelus) with a humped back, capable of subsisting for extended periods of time without water: used as a beast of burden. There are two species, the Arabian camel or dromedary, having one hump, and the Bactrian camel (C. bactrianus), having two.
2. A buoyant, watertight contrivance for lifting wrecks, etc. [OE <L camelus <Gk. kamēlos <Semitic]
—cam′el·ish adjective
A. Arabian.
B. Bactrian.
(7–9 feet tall)
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