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allocamelus

allocamelus noun: a fictional animal, apparently based on early reports of llamas, which has the head of an ass or mule and the body of a camel.

Noun

allocamelus

  1. A fictional animal, apparently based on early reports of llamas, which has the head of an ass or mule and the body of a camel.
    • THE ALLOCAMELUS is a Beast of Peru; it is about two Yards high, and about five Feet in length : His Head, Neck, and Ears, are like a Mule's; but his Neck as white as a Swan's, his other Parts of a yellowish Colour: His Body is like a Camel, […]1769, Thomas Boreman, A description of three hundred animals ... tenth edition, page 22
    • There were many wondrous Arainian beasts in these groves: star-spotted pantheons, allocameli like donkey-eared dromedaries, the trogodryces whose antlers grow down rather than up, the argasills that resembled antelopes but for their[…]2007 September 3, Alison Baird, The Archons of the Stars, Aspect, →ISBN

Examples of allocamelus in a sentence

  • By late afternoon, Van's lower back and inner thighs ached from riding on the allocamelus for so long.2017 April 11, D. L. Armillei, Shock of Fate: Anchoress Series Book One, Diamond Cove Publishing, LLC, →ISBN:
  • Blythe was ahead of them all, keeping pace with Silas and one of the allocameluses he was leading.2020 October 16, Octavia J. Riley, Sand Dunes & Blood Moons, Poisoned Apple Publishing, L.L.C., →ISBN, page 188:

Questions about allocamelus

What does allocamelus mean?
Allocamelus means a fictional animal, apparently based on early reports of llamas, which has the head of an ass or mule and the body of a camel.
How do you use allocamelus in a sentence?
By late afternoon, Van's lower back and inner thighs ached from riding on the allocamelus for so long.
What part of speech is allocamelus?
Allocamelus is a noun.

Words near allocamelus in the dictionary

  1. Allobroges
  2. Allobrogian
  3. alloc
  4. allocability
  5. allocable
  6. allocamelus
  7. allocare
  8. allocaretaker
  9. allocaretakers
  10. allocaretaking
  11. allocarpy

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