Definition of Genus Camelus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Camelidae: camels.

Exact synonyms: Camelus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Camelidae, Family Camelidae
Member holonyms: Camel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Camelus

genus Calochortus
genus Calophyllum
genus Calopogon
genus Calosoma
genus Caltha
genus Calvatia
genus Calycanthus
genus Calycophyllum
genus Calymmatobacterium
genus Calypso
genus Calystegia
genus Cambarus
genus Camelina
genus Camellia
genus Camelus (current term)
genus Campanula
genus Campephilus
genus Camponotus
genus Camptosorus
genus Campyloneurum
genus Campylorhynchus
genus Canachites
genus Cananga
genus Canangium
genus Canavalia
genus Cancer
genus Candida
genus Canella
genus Canis

Literary usage of Genus Camelus

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

1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1840)
"Of the genus Camelus, I possess the remains of two species ; one exceeding a horse in size, the other a little less. To which of the two sub-groups of this ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"... a form hitherto only known as American, which is intermediate between the genus Camelus and the ..."

3. Organic Evolution: A Text Book by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"... certain bones preserved at Yale are half again as large as equivalent elements from a Bactrian camel. Typical camels, of the genus Camelus, differ from ..."

4. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"The genus Camelus embraces two species, which are only known in the domesticated state. The dromedary, or African camel, has one hump on the back; ..."

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