Definition for Camel (-'s)

camel (-'s), n. [Late OE < L. < Gk < Arab. jamala, to bear.]

Beast of burden; large four-legged desert animal; hornless quadruped used for transport in western Asia and northern Africa; hump-backed creature that can go long distances without water; (see Matthew 19:24); [kenning “Camel's trait”] abstinence; temperance.

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