Camelopard

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:19:46

Ca*mel"o*pard (?), n. [LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. ; a camel + pard, leopard: cf. F. cam'elopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard.] Zool.

An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

 

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