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Dromedary vs Bactrian - What's the difference?

dromedary | bactrian |

As nouns the difference between dromedary and bactrian

is that dromedary is Camelus dromedarius, the single-humped camel while Bactrian is a person of Bactria.

As a proper noun Bactrian is

an extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria, also called Tocharistan, in northern Afghanistan.

dromedary

English

Noun

(dromedaries)
  • Camelus dromedarius , the single-humped camel.
  • Any swift riding camel.

    • Synonyms

    * Arabian camel * dromedary camel * Camelus aegyptiacus Friedrich August Rudolph Kolenati, 1847 * Camelus africanus Gloger, 1841 * Camelus arabicus Charles Desmoulins, 1823 * Camelus dromas Peter Simon Pallas, 1811 * Camelus dromos Kerr, 1792 * Camelus ferus Falk,1786 * Camelus lukius Kolenati, 1847 * Camelus polytrichus Kolenati, 1847 * Camelus turcomanichus Johann Fischer von Waldheim, 1829 * Camelus vulgaris Kolenati, 1847

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Related terms

    * ship of the desert

    See also

    * (wikipedia "dromedary") *

    bactrian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia Bactrian)
  • A person of Bactria.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria, also called Tocharistan, in northern Afghanistan.

    • Related terms

    *

    See also

    * (xbc)