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Plural of camel

regular plural

The plural of camel is camels.

Forms of camel

Singularcamel /ˈkæml̩/
Pluralcamels /ˈkæməlz/
Countablecountable

Camels in a sentence

  • Nantucket Island is probably the only place in the United States where camels were put to work to solve the problem created by a sandbar.1961 April, H. Flint Ranney, "Whaling and Nantucket–The Decline: The Civil War, Petition to Congress, and the Camels", Historic Nantucket...
  • All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.From the entry humpbacked
  • Historically, Somalis were a nomadic people herding camels, goats, and sheep. Nowadays, many if not most Somalis are urbanized people.From the entry Somali
  • The nomads shave intricate designs into their camels' fur.From the entry into
  • Deer, camels and peccaries possess paraxonic feet.From the entry paraxonic

Meaning of camel

  1. noun A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
  2. noun A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).
  3. noun A vessel or tank, typically paired, used to make an object more buoyant.

Full definition of camel

Questions about the plural of camel

What is the plural of camel?
The plural of camel is camels.
Is camel countable?
Camel is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: camel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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