Definitions
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- adjective having one hump
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Examples
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In the Bible, this refers to the single-humped Arab dromedary Camelus dromedarius.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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In the Bible, this refers to the single-humped Arab dromedary Camelus dromedarius.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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In the Bible, this refers to the single-humped Arab dromedary Camelus dromedarius.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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In the Bible, this refers to the single-humped Arab dromedary Camelus dromedarius.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Thomas DiFonzo/The Wall Street Journal Chariot, a single-humped camel with spittle hanging from his lips and pompoms in his tail, won the pageant.
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SELCUK, Turkey — Chariot, a 1,500-pound, single-humped camel with spittle hanging from his lips and pompoms in his tail, just won the first-ever beauty contest at Turkey's annual camel fighting competition.
What's a Bigger Draw Than a Camel Fight? A Camel Beauty Contest, of Course Joe Parkinson 2011
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The finds suggest that the massive dromedary—or single-humped camel—was hunted by prehistoric people, the researchers add.
Camels the size of freakin' elephants!!!! gregvaneekhout 2006
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It is not certain that we know the originally wild form of either of the two species, the double-humped or single-humped camels.
Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873
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The Arabian single-humped camel, or dromedary, has been carried to the Canary Islands, partially introduced into Australia, Greece, Spain, and even Tuscany, experimented upon to little purpose in Venezuela, and finally imported by the
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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The single-humped dromedary camels were brought mainly from India in the second half of the 19th century to work in the scrubby, red-earthed arid parts of the Australian outback, transporting people and as pack animals.
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