Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Camelopard

Camelopard (kȧ*mel"o*pard or kam"el*o*pard; 277) , noun

[Late Latin camelopardus, Latin camelopardalus, camelopardalis, from Greek kamhlopa`rdalis; ka`mhlos a camel + pa`rdalis pard, leopard: compare French camélopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard.]

(Zoology) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.