Definition of Camelus dromedarius

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

Exact synonyms: Arabian Camel, Dromedary
Generic synonyms: Camel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Camelus Dromedarius

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

Literary usage of Camelus dromedarius

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

1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"... slender muscles that take their origin from the [anterior commissure of the sphincter ani]. [Family CAMELID^E.] OF THE CAMEL [Camelus dromedarius, L.]. ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"CAMELUS DROMAS. Syn. of Camellia dromedarius. Camelus dromedarius. ... Eng. Сус. See Camel. CAMELUS MINIMUS. Syn. of Camelus dromedarius. ..."

3. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"THE DROMEDARY, (Camelus dromedarius,) ANOTHER species of Camel, of less stature than the former, but much swifter, and having but one ..."

4. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by David Brewster, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Jameson, Wernerian Natural History Society (1825)
"... with a single hump, Camelus dromedarius. As our camel is furnished with but one hamp, it belongs to the last species ; and Professor. ..."

5. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1875)
"In one of the two Camel* in the Edinburgh College of Surgeons Museum (camelus dromedarius) the foramen is present on the right side, and I noticed it ..."

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