Definition of camelopard in English:
camelopard
noun kəˈmɛləpɑːdˈkamɪlə(ʊ)pɑːdkəˈmɛləˌpɑrd
archaic A giraffe.
Example sentencesExamples
- Before us stood, with their heads lifted high up, a troop of eighteen or twenty giraffes, or camelopards.
- The Greeks called the giraffe a camelopard, describing the animal as possessing a camel's body but wearing a leopard's coat.
- The moustache drawn on the camelopard is said to have been modeled after the moustache of Thomas Glover.
- The camelopard has short horns, covered with hair, truncated at the end, and tufted with hair.
- It is believed that the camelopard represented characteristics of both ‘parents’, namely a valiant warrior that would patiently persevere to the end.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kamēlopardalis, from kamēlos 'camel' + pardalis (see pard).
Definition of camelopard in US English:
camelopard
nounkəˈmeləˌpärdkəˈmɛləˌpɑrd
archaic A giraffe.
Example sentencesExamples
- The camelopard has short horns, covered with hair, truncated at the end, and tufted with hair.
- The moustache drawn on the camelopard is said to have been modeled after the moustache of Thomas Glover.
- It is believed that the camelopard represented characteristics of both ‘parents’, namely a valiant warrior that would patiently persevere to the end.
- The Greeks called the giraffe a camelopard, describing the animal as possessing a camel's body but wearing a leopard's coat.
- Before us stood, with their heads lifted high up, a troop of eighteen or twenty giraffes, or camelopards.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kamēlopardalis, from kamēlos ‘camel’ + pardalis (see pard).