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Definition of Camel

Calumnus
Calumnus
  CAMEL   noun
A quadruped (the Splaypes humpidorsus) of great value to the show business.  There are two kinds of camels -- the camel proper and the camel improper.  It is the latter that is always exhibited.
 

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The Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Cannibal
Cannibal
Regular definition:
CAMEL:
?kæm?l n. 1 either of two kinds of large cud-chewing mammals having slender cushion-footed legs and one hump (Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius) or two humps (Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus). 2 a fawn colour. 3 an apparatus for providing additional buoyancy to ships etc. øcamel (or camel's) -hair 1 the hair of a camel. 2 a a fine soft hair used in artists' brushes. b a fabric made of this. [OE f. L camelus f. Gk kamelos, of Semitic orig.]


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