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drom·e·dar·y

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–noun, plural -dar·ies.

the single-humped camel, Camelus dromedarius, of Arabia and northern Africa.

Compare Bactrian camel.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME dromedarie, -ary (< AF) < LL dromedārius (camélus) < Gk dromad- (s. of dromás) running + L -ārius -ary

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drom·e·dar·y Audio Help (drŏm'ĭ-děr'ē, drŭm'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. drom·e·dar·ies
The one-humped domesticated camel (Camelus dromedarius), widely used as a beast of burden in northern Africa and western Asia. Also called Arabian camel.

[Middle English dromedarie, from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius, from Latin dromas, dromad-, from Greek, running.]

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dromedary

c.1280, from O.Fr. dromadaire, from L.L. dromedarius "kind of camel," from L. dromas (gen. dromados), from Gk. dromas kamelos "running camel," from dromos "a race course," from PIE *drem-, from possible base *der- "to run, walk, step" (cf. Skt. dramati "runs, goes," Gk. dromas "running," M.H.G. tremen "to rock, shake, sway"). One-humped Arabian camels were bred and trained for riding. A charming early variant was drumbledairy (1570).

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dromedary
noun
one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia [syn: Arabian camel]

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Dromedary

Drom`a*the"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? running + ? beast. See Dromedary.] (Paleon.) A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America.

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Dromedary

(Isa. 60:6), an African or Arabian species of camel having only one hump, while the Bactrian camel has two. It is distinguished from the camel only as a trained saddle-horse is distinguished from a cart-horse. It is remarkable for its speed (Jer. 2:23). Camels are frequently spoken of in partriarchal times (Gen. 12:16; 24:10; 30:43; 31:17, etc.). They were used for carrying burdens (Gen. 37:25; Judg. 6:5), and for riding (Gen. 24:64). The hair of the camel falls off of itself in spring, and is woven into coarse cloths and garments (Matt. 3:4). (See CAMEL.)

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