Definition of Arabian camel

1. Noun. One-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.

Exact synonyms: Camelus Dromedarius, Dromedary
Generic synonyms: Camel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arabian Camel

Arab World
Arab chief
Arab street
Arabela
Arabella
Arabetic
Arabia
Arabian
Arabian Desert
Arabian Gulf
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights' Entertainment
Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Sea
Arabian camel (current term)
Arabian coffee
Arabian jasmine
Arabian oryx
Arabian oryxes
Arabian tea
Arabianness
Arabians
Arabic
Arabic alphabet
Arabic language
Arabic numeral
Arabic numerals
Arabic scale

Literary usage of Arabian camel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and Across the Desert Into Egypt by William Wittman (1803)
"... JANISSARIES THE ARNAUTS LIGHT CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS RELIGIOUS SECTARIES WHO FOLLOW THE ARMY PLUNDERERS MAMELUKES Arabian camel-DRIVERS THIEVISH DISPOSITION ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Eight days after birth the Arabian camel stands three feet high, but it does not reach its full growth till its sixteenth or seventeenth year. ..."

3. The animal creation: A Popular Introduction to Zoology by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"Arabian camel, struction of these invaluable helpmates of the human race. To enable him to move with facility over a soft sandy surface, his feet are broad ..."

4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1863)
"The Arabian camel, to which variety belong most of the specimens brought to this country, is found throughout camel-land, and furnishes beasts both for ..."

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