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  • adjective having two humps

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Examples

  • I quickly realized that our two-humped camels, Bactrians, were much more pleasant to ride than the one-hump Dromedary variety I once rode in Egypt.

    Dunes Struck 2011

  • "Our two-humped camels, Bactrians, were much more pleasant to ride than the one-hump Dromedary variety I once rode in Egypt," Mr. Sesser notes.

    Camel-Trekking Across the Gobi 2011

  • Did I spot a dust cloud on the far side of one of the humps of the two-humped mountain?

    To Fetch a Thief Spencer Quinn 2010

  • Did I spot a dust cloud on the far side of one of the humps of the two-humped mountain?

    To Fetch a Thief Spencer Quinn 2010

  • Last night was a lot better, a very liberal Anglican church up near Coso and Mirabel somewhere, with a friendly two-humped? llama eating nasturtiums out of the front garden and chickens wandering around during the service.

    Yatima » 2010 » February 2010

  • Did I spot a dust cloud on the far side of one of the humps of the two-humped mountain?

    To Fetch a Thief Spencer Quinn 2010

  • Last night was a lot better, a very liberal Anglican church up near Coso and Mirabel somewhere, with a friendly two-humped? llama eating nasturtiums out of the front garden and chickens wandering around during the service.

    dreaming 2010

  • Bactrian camel - Probably the ancestor of all domestic two-humped camels.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • The two-humped camel is never seen in Arabia except with northern caravans, and to speak of it would be a sore test of Badawi credulity.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • I have noticed the two-humped Bactrian camel which the Syrians and Egyptians compare with an elephant.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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