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kameel S. Afr.|kəˈmiːl|
[Afrikaans, a. Du. kameel camel.]
The giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis.
1839W. C. Harris Wild Sports S. Afr. 373 Camelopardalis Giraffa. The Giraffe. Kameel of the Cape Colonists. 1896H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. 70 As..we wanted meat, I rammed the spurs in and galloped headlong for the kameels. 1900W. L. Sclater Fauna S. Afr. I. 264 The name giraffe..is practically unknown in South Africa where the term ‘kameel’ is always used. 1925F. C. Slater Shining River 234 Kameel—The Southern giraffe, formerly found throughout the country north of the Orange River. |