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Camelopard   Listen
noun
Camelopard  n.  (Zool.) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Camelopard" Quotes from Famous Books



... subject of this paper is the giraffe, or camelopard (Camelopardalis Giraffa) noted for its wonderful and beautiful ...
— Happy Days for Boys and Girls • Various

... camelopard is considered more than a substitute for character, incident, or wit. And if an actor presents himself in a dress of unusual splendour, the house is in ecstasies, and a roar of applause, loud as a tempest in the Garganian forest, or as the surges on the Tuscan strand, makes the velarium ...
— Horace • Theodore Martin

... which he moves, is seen to great advantage, and is considered to be the largest of his species in Europe. Near the entrance, on the right, is the museum of natural curiosities, the collection of which is very valuable, and admirably arranged. There is here a fine giraffe, or camelopard, of an amazing height, stuffed. This surprising animal is a native of Ethiopia, and some other parts of Africa, and has scarcely ever been ...
— The Stranger in France • John Carr



Words linked to "Camelopard" :   okapi, giraffe, genus Giraffa, Giraffa camelopardalis, Okapia johnstoni



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