- one-humped camel
- camel that only has one hump on its back
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
one-humped camel
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one-humped — adjective having one hump a one humped camel • Syn: ↑single humped • Pertains to noun: ↑hump (for: ↑single humped), ↑hump … Useful english dictionary
CAMEL — (Heb. גָּמָל, gamal), one of the first animals domesticated by man. Its bones have been found in Egypt from the time of the beginning of the First Dynasty, thus removing doubts as to the plausibility of Abraham receiving camels from Pharaoh (Gen … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Camel — Taxobox name = Camel image width = 240px image caption = Dromedary, Camelus dromedarius image2 width = 240px image2 caption = Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia =… … Wikipedia
camel — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo French, from Latin camelus, from Greek kamēlos, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew gāmāl camel Date: before 12th century 1. either of two large ruminant mammals (genus Camelus) used as draft … New Collegiate Dictionary
camel — n. an Arabian, one humped; Bactrian, two humped camel * * * [ kæm(ə)l] Bactrian one humped two humped camel an Arabian … Combinatory dictionary
single-humped — adjective having one hump a one humped camel • Syn: ↑one humped • Pertains to noun: ↑hump, ↑hump (for: ↑one humped) … Useful english dictionary
Arabian camel — n. the one humped camel (Camelus dromedarius) ranging from N Africa to India … English World dictionary
Arabian camel — noun one humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia • Syn: ↑dromedary, ↑Camelus dromedarius • Hypernyms: ↑camel … Useful english dictionary
camel — camellike, adj. /kam euhl/, n. 1. either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World. Cf. Bactrian camel, dromedary. 2. a color ranging from yellowish tan to yellowish brown. 3. Also called camel spin. Skating … Universalium
camel spin — noun : an arabesque spin executed by a skater with back humped instead of arched * * * camel (def. 3). * * * camel spin noun (ice skating) A type of spin in which one leg is extended horizontally behind the skater • • • Main Entry: ↑camel … Useful english dictionary
