camelopard (ˈkæmɪləˌpɑːd, kəˈmɛl-) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| an obsolete word for giraffe | |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin camēlopardus, from Greek kamēlopardalis, from kamēlos | |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |