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Definition of Arabian camel
1. Noun. One-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arabian Camel
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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