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- noun Plural form of
cameloid .
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Nor did llamas and alpacas, the only comparable form of indigenous livestock found in the Americas, contribute to human disease pools, unlike cattle and sheep. 32 According to one researcher, the cameloids had four strikes against them as a source of human pathogens:
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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