Definition of "dromedary" [drom•e•da•ry]

• The one-humped domesticated camel (Camelus dromedarius), widely used as a beast of burden in northern Africa and western Asia. Also called Arabian camel. (noun)

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• "-- E.] [Footnote 77: In modern language the term dromedary is very improperly applied to the Bactrian, or two-hunched camel, a slow beast of burden."
• "The word dromedary is formed from the Greek _celer_, and only belongs to"
• "Turkistan or Bactriana; the dromedary is confined to Arabia and"