Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - camel
Camel
camel
n. 1 either of two kinds of large cud-chewing mammals having slender cushion-footed legs and one hump (Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius) or two humps (Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus). 2 a fawn colour. 3 an apparatus for providing additional buoyancy to ships etc. Phrases and idioms camel (or camel's) -hair 1 the hair of a camel. 2 a a fine soft hair used in artists' brushes. b a fabric made of this. Etymology: OE f. L camelus f. Gk kamelos, of Semitic orig.
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from Greek kamēlos, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew gāmāl ~ Date: before 12th century either of two large ruminant mammals (genus Camelus) used as draft and saddle animals in desert regions especially of Africa and Asia:, the one-humped ~ (C. dromedarius) extant only as a domestic or feral animal, the 2-humped ~ (C. bactrianus syn. C. ferus) of Chinese Turkestan and Mongolia, a watertight structure used especially to lift submerged ships, a light yellowish brown ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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