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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 900-1000
Language: Latin
Origin: camelus, from Greek kamelos, from a Semitic language

camel

 noun
     
camel
cam‧el [countable]
HBA a large desert animal with a long neck and either one or two humps (=large raised parts) on its back
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