dromedary

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The difference between a camel and a dromedary is the difference between a hack and a thorough-bred horse.

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  1. noun The one-humped domesticated camel (Camelus dromedarius), widely used as a beast of burden in northern Africa and western Asia. Also called Arabian camel.

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  • There were suit lockers across the aisle from him. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  • The difference between a camel and a dromedary is the difference between a hack and a thorough-bred horse. —  Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity
  • Here we continually meet herds of camels, but a dromedary is a rare sight EXCURSION TO THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZEH August 25th, 1842 At four in the afternoon I quitted Cairo, crossed two arms of the Nile, and a couple of hours afterwards arrived safely at Gizeh. —  A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
  • The trot of the dromedary is a pace terribly disagreeable to the rider, until he becomes a little accustomed to it; but after the first half-hour —  Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
  • - —  Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
 

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  1. Middle English dromedarie, from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius, from Latin dromas, dromad-, from Greek, running.

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  1. Early modern English also dromedare from Middle English dromedarie, -ary, also drowmondere, from Old French dromedaire, French dromadaire = Provencal dromadari, dromedari, dromodari = Spanish dromedal, dromedario = Portuguese Italian dromedario = Dutch drommedaris = G. Danish Swedish dromedar, from Late Latin dromedarius, properly *dromadarius, extended, with suffix -arius, from L. dromas (dromad-), a dromedary, from Greek δρομάς (δρομαδ-), running (cf. δρομαῑος κἀμηλος, a dromedary, literally running camel), from δραμεῑν, 2d aorist associated with τρέχειν, run.
 

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/ˈdrəmədeɪri/
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