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Camel vs Camelid - What's the difference?

camel | camelid |

As nouns the difference between camel and camelid

is that camel is a beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus while camelid is any of a family of mammals including the camel, llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña.

camel

English

(wikipedia camel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus .
  • A light brownish color, tan.
  • Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of a another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.

    • Synonyms

    * (mammal) oont (India)

    Coordinate terms

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    Related terms

    * Bactrian camel * camelback * cameleer * camelopard * camel toe * ship of the desert

    See also

    * alpaca * arabian * bray * dromedary * guanaco * hump * llama *

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    camelid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any of a family of mammals including the camel, llama, alpaca, guanaco and .

    • Hyponyms

    *

    External links

    * ("camelid" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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