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camelopardine

camelopardine adjective: pertaining to a giraffe.

Adjective

camelopardine (comparative more camelopardine, superlative most camelopardine)

  1. (rare) Pertaining to a giraffe.
    • Nevertheless, there she was — dressed out in white satin, with a red velvet toque, and a bird-of-paradise feather, several strings of pearls set off to the greatest advantage by the white and yellow skin of her camelopardine neck, and a pair of diamond bracelets hanging loose upon either skinny arm.1843, George Payne Rainsford James, The Commissioner, page 201
    • As soon as it has enten the tender and green portion of the grass, it rejects the remainder as unfit for camelopardine consumption.1865, John George Wood, The Illustrated Natural History: Mammalia, page 686

Forms of camelopardine

comparativemore camelopardine
superlativemost camelopardine

Questions about camelopardine

What does camelopardine mean?
Camelopardine means pertaining to a giraffe.
What part of speech is camelopardine?
Camelopardine is an adjective.

Words near camelopardine in the dictionary

  1. cameloids
  2. Camelon
  3. camelopard
  4. Camelopardalis
  5. Camelopardalus
  6. camelopardine
  7. camelopards
  8. Camelopardus
  9. camelot
  10. Camelotian
  11. camelots

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