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Bactrian

/ ˈbæktrɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Bactria,
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Bactria
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The old Bactrian tongue in which the Avesta was composed became practically a dead language.

Owing to its use among the hills, the Bactrian species is sometimes called the Mountain Camel.

The mixed breed which has just been mentioned must be procured from a male Bactrian and a female Arabian Camel.

And, however severe the weather may be, the Bactrian Camel never sleeps under a roof.

The creature that lay still before them, a bullet through its brain, was a veritable, undoubted specimen of the Bactrian species.

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