camelopardn.

Brit.

/ˈkamᵻlə(ʊ)pɑːd/,

/ˈkaml̩ə(ʊ)pɑːd/,

/kəˈmɛləpɑːd/, U.S.

/kəˈmɛləpɑrd/,

/ˈkæməloʊˌpɑrd/

Forms: Also 1600s cameloparde; and 1500s cameleoparde, 1600s–1800s cameleopard; also (in Latin form) camelopardus, camelopardalis, and camelopardal.

Etymology: < Latin camēlopardus, -pardalis, Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις, < κάμηλος camel n. + πάρδαλις pard n.¹: so French camélopard . Confusion with leopard led to the early variant spelling cameleopard in medieval Latin, French, and English, and hence to the pronunciation as ˈcamel-ˈleopard . See also camelion n.

1. An African ruminant quadruped with long legs, very long neck, and skin spotted like that of the panther; now more commonly called giraffe n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Giraffidae > [noun] > Giraffa camelopardalis (giraffe)

camelion1382

cameloparda1398

gerfauntc1400

orafle?a1425

giraffe1594

kameel1839

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xx. 1159 Cameleopardus hatte cameleopardalis also... And haþ þe heed of a camele..and spekkes of þe parde.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 53 P. beareth Or, a Cameleoparde, Sable, Maculé d'Argent.

1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 108 The Horse, Cameleopard, and strong pawd Beare, The Ape, the Asse, and the most fearefull Deare.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xiv. 5 The pygargue, the wild beefe, the cameloparde.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. vi. i. 464 The Giraffa or Camelopardalis, a beaste not often seene.

1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 104 Those beasts called Cameleopards are procreated of them whose name they bear.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xxx. 141 Hyæna's, Camelopardals.

1769 P. Carteret Let. 20 Apr. in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) (1771) 60 27 Inclosed I have sent you the drawing of a Camelopardalis.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 350 Camelopards, the loftiest and most harmless creatures that wander over the plains of..Æthiopia.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 128 When camelopards and tigers bounded in the Flavian amphitheatre.

2. Astronomy. A northern circumpolar constellation, situated between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia.

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the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Camelopard

camelopard1836

giraffe1836

1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 191/2 Camelopardalus, the camelopard or giraffe, a constellation formed by Hevelius.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	camelopard
释义	camelopardn. Brit. /ˈkamᵻlə(ʊ)pɑːd/, /ˈkaml̩ə(ʊ)pɑːd/, /kəˈmɛləpɑːd/, U.S. /kəˈmɛləpɑrd/, /ˈkæməloʊˌpɑrd/ Forms: Also 1600s cameloparde; and 1500s cameleoparde, 1600s–1800s cameleopard; also (in Latin form) camelopardus, camelopardalis, and camelopardal. Etymology: < Latin camēlopardus, -pardalis, Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις, < κάμηλος camel n. + πάρδαλις pard n.¹: so French camélopard . Confusion with leopard led to the early variant spelling cameleopard in medieval Latin, French, and English, and hence to the pronunciation as ˈcamel-ˈleopard . See also camelion n. 1. An African ruminant quadruped with long legs, very long neck, and skin spotted like that of the panther; now more commonly called giraffe n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Giraffidae > [noun] > Giraffa camelopardalis (giraffe) camelion1382 cameloparda1398 gerfauntc1400 orafle?a1425 giraffe1594 kameel1839 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xx. 1159 Cameleopardus hatte cameleopardalis also... And haþ þe heed of a camele..and spekkes of þe parde. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 53 P. beareth Or, a Cameleoparde, Sable, Maculé d'Argent. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 108 The Horse, Cameleopard, and strong pawd Beare, The Ape, the Asse, and the most fearefull Deare. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xiv. 5 The pygargue, the wild beefe, the cameloparde. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. vi. i. 464 The Giraffa or Camelopardalis, a beaste not often seene. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 104 Those beasts called Cameleopards are procreated of them whose name they bear. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xxx. 141 Hyæna's, Camelopardals. 1769 P. Carteret Let. 20 Apr. in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) (1771) 60 27 Inclosed I have sent you the drawing of a Camelopardalis. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 350 Camelopards, the loftiest and most harmless creatures that wander over the plains of..Æthiopia. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 128 When camelopards and tigers bounded in the Flavian amphitheatre. 2. Astronomy. A northern circumpolar constellation, situated between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Camelopard camelopard1836 giraffe1836 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 191/2 Camelopardalus, the camelopard or giraffe, a constellation formed by Hevelius. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1398
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