DROMEDARY

Dromedary

The dromedary also called the Arabian camel or the Indian camel is a large, even-toed ungulate with one hump on its back. First described by Aristotle, the dromedary was given its binomial name by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The dromedary is the next largest member of the camel family after the Bactrian camel. The oldest known ancestor of the dromedary is the Protylopus. Males are tall and females tall. Males range from, while females weigh . They vary in colour from a light beige to dark brown. The notable hump, measuring high, is composed of fat bound together by fibrous tissue.

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dromedary

Noun

  1. Camelus dromedarius, the single-humped camel.
  2. Any swift riding camel.


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