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Dromedary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Dromedary has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia

2

The single-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius).

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
camel

Origin

The word comes from the Old French dromedaire, which was borrowed from Late Latin. It originally referred to a specific kind of camel by combining a root meaning "dromedary" with a suffix indicating an agent or type.

Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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