Camelopard Definition
kə-mĕlə-pärd
noun
Webster's New World
A giraffe.
American Heritage
A bearing resembling a giraffe but represented with long curved horns.
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camelopard
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camelopardsOrigin of Camelopard
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Middle English from Medieval Latin camēlopardus from Latin camēlopardalis from Greek kamēlopardalis kamēlos camel camel pardalis pard (so called because the giraffe has a head like a camel's and the spots of a leopard)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin camēlopardalis, from Ancient Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις (kamēlopardalis, “giraffe”), from κάμηλος (kamēlos, “camel”) + πάρδαλις (pardalis, “leopard”)
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