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cămēlŏpardălis

cămēlŏpardălis · f

a camelopard

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What it meant

cămēlŏpardălis — Lewis & Short

cămēlŏpardălis, is, f. (cămēlŏ-pardălus, i, m., cămēlŏ-pardus, kamhlopa/rdalis,

Capitol. Gord. III. 33; Vop. Aur 33; Vulg. Deut. 14, 5: Isid. Orig. 12, 2, 19), =
I a camelopard, giraffe: Cervus camelopardalis, Linn.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 100 Müll.; cf. Plin. 8, 18, 27, § 69; Sol. 30, 19.

Where it came from

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