Definition of Camelus bactrianus

1. Noun. Two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia.

Exact synonyms: Bactrian Camel
Generic synonyms: Camel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Camelus Bactrianus

Cambs
Cambyses
Camden
Camdenite
Camdenites
CamelCase
Camelidae
Camelina
Camelina sativa
Camellia State
Camellia japonica
Camellia sinensis
Camelopardalis
Camelot
Camelus
Camelus bactrianus (current term)
Camelus dromedarius
Camembert
Cameron
Cameronian
Cameronians
Cameronite
Cameronites
Cameroon
Cameroon franc
Cameroonian
Cameroonian Pidgin English
Cameroonians
Cameroons
Cameroun

Literary usage of Camelus bactrianus

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

1. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"Deserts of Arabia. Naturalized in North and West Africa, India, and South Europe. 2. Camelus bactrianus. (The Mecheri or Camel.) BM Back with two humps. ..."

2. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"{Jj^j; (*>) 40. Camelus dromedarius (single-hump camel) ..... { Sh d' 1^5931 (°) 41. Camelus bactrianus (double-hump camel) . ..."

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