From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animalscamelcam‧el /ˈkæməl/ ●○○ noun [countable]👁 Image of camel HBAa large desert animal with a long neck and either one or two humps (=large raised parts) on its backExamples from the Corpuscamel• But Koju was, immutably, a driver and Chutra, immutably, a camel man.• They are camelbreeders and were once quite well off.• Achaemeniann foot guards, Parthian warriors, the cavalry of Xerxes, litters, chariots, tanks, Bactrian camels.• One dehydratedcamel drank 186 litres of water in two bouts of 94 and 92 litres.• Some days we passed other groups of Rabari with their strings of camels.• The camels were hobbled out to graze in the paddock.CamelCamel trademarka type of cigarette made in the US, with a picture of a camel on the packetOrigincamel(900-1000)Latincamelus, from Greekkamelos, from a Semitic language
