DROMEDARY
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Drom"e*da*ry (drŭm"&euptack_;*d&auptack_;*rӗ), n.; pl. Dromedaries (-rĭz). [F. dromadaire, LL. dromedarius, fr. L. dromas (sc. camelus), fr. Gr. droma`s running, from dramei^n, used as aor. of tre`chein to run; cf. Skr. dram to run.] (Zo&ö;l.) The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps.
[1913 Webster]
&hand_; In Arabia and Egypt the name is restricted to the better breeds of this species of camel. See Deloul.
