camelopard (redirected from camelopards)

ca·mel·o·pard  (k-ml-pärd)

n.

1. A giraffe.

2. Heraldry A bearing resembling a giraffe but represented with long curved horns.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin camlopardus, from Latin camlopardalis, from Greek kamlopardalis : kamlos, camel; see camel + pardalis, pard (so called because the giraffe has a head like a camel's and the spots of a leopard).]

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camelopard [ˈkæmɪləˌpɑːd kəˈmɛl-]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an obsolete word for giraffe

[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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Noun

1.

camelopard - tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments genus Giraffa, Giraffa - type genus of the Giraffidae okapi, Okapia johnstoni - similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs