camelopard

American  

[kuh-mel-uh-pahrd] / kəˈmɛl əˌpɑrd /

noun

Archaic.

1. a giraffe.

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camelopard British  

/ kəˈmɛl-, ˈkæmɪləˌpɑːd /

noun

1. an obsolete word for giraffe

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Etymology

Origin of camelopard

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin camēlopardus, for Latin camēlopardālis < Greek kamēlopárdalis giraffe, equivalent to kámēlo ( s ) camel + pardalis pard ¹

Example Sentences

Not until the seventeenth century did the English, who fixated on the giraffe’s camel-ish shape and leopard-ish coloring, stop calling it a camelopard.

From The New Yorker • May 17, 2016

Meanwhile the horses had been almost as much terrified by the sudden apparition of the monarchs of the forest, as the camelopard itself.

From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.

What she intended doing next, was not long doubtful; for, taking a magical wand from her pocket, she bade the Giant, with a wave of her wand, turn into a camelopard.

From Ting-a-ling by Stockton, Frank Richard

Indeed, after all that has been said by anatomical naturalists, we might hazard assertion of the belief, that the camelopard is neither more nor less than a species of wild camel.

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William

The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section C by Project Gutenberg