dromedary

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English dromedari, dromedarie (“dromedary; any camel”) [and other forms], from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Latin *dromadārius, from dromas, dromadis (“dromedary”) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting agents of use). Dromas and dromadis are derived from Ancient Greek δρομᾰ́ς (dromắs, “running; dromedary”), an ellipsis of δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race, running; race course, track”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɒmɪdəɹi/, /ˈdrʌ-/, /-mə-/, /-dɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑməˌdɛɹi/ Hyphenation: drom‧e‧da‧ry === Noun === dromedary (plural dromedaries) The single-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius). Synonyms: Arabian camel, dromedarian, dromedary camel, Somali camel Any swift riding camel. (medicine, dated, attributively) Referring to a biphasic clinical course of poliomyelitis, typically occurring in children, characterized by a minor illness, followed by an asymptomatic period of several days before the onset of a major illness involving the central nervous system. ==== Usage notes ==== The dromedary was formerly known by a number of different binomial names: 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 ==== Alternative forms ==== dromedarie (obsolete) ==== Hypernyms ==== camel ==== Coordinate terms ==== (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña (Category: en:Camelids) ==== Derived terms ==== dromedarian dromedarist ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: dromedari ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ship of the desert === References === === Further reading === dromedary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Dromedary in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === Anagrams === dromadery