camelopard

2 definitions found

camelopard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Camelopard \Ca*mel"o*pard\ (k[.a]*m[e^]l"[-o]*p[aum]rd or
     k[a^]m"[e^]l*[-o]*p[aum]rd; 277), n. [LL. camelopardus, L.
     camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. kamhlopa`rdalis;
     ka`mhlos a camel + pa`rdalis pard, leopard: cf. F.
     cam['e]lopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a
     camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard.]
     (Zool.)
     An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.
     [1913 Webster]

camelopard - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  camelopard
      n 1: tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small
           horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical
           Africa [syn: giraffe, camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis
           ]