camelopard

ca·mel·o·pard

C0049100 (kə-mĕl′ə-pärd′)n.1. A giraffe.2. Heraldry A bearing resembling a giraffe but represented with long curved horns.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin camēlopardus, from Latin camēlopardalis, from Greek kamēlopardalis : kamēlos, camel; see camel + pardalis, pard (so called because the giraffe has a head like a camel's and the spots of a leopard).]

camelopard

(ˈkæmɪləˌpɑːd; kəˈmɛl-) n (Animals) an obsolete word for giraffe[C14: from Medieval Latin camēlopardus, from Greek kamēlopardalis, from kamēlos camel + pardalis leopard, because the giraffe was thought to have a head like a camel's and spots like a leopard's]

ca•mel•o•pard

(kəˈmɛl əˌpɑrd)

n. Archaic. a giraffe. [1350–1400; < Greek kámēlo(s) camel + pardalis pard¹]

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camelopard - tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical AfricaGiraffa camelopardalis, girafferuminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartmentsgenus Giraffa, Giraffa - type genus of the Giraffidaeokapi, Okapia johnstoni - similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs