Definitions for bactrian camel

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Bac′trian cam′el(n.)

  1. an Asian camel, Camelus bactrianus, having two humps on the back.

    Category: Mammals

    Ref: Compare dromedary.

Origin of Bactrian camel:

1600–10

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus(noun)

    two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia

Wiktionary

  1. Bactrian camel(Noun)

    The camel with two humps, Camelus bactrianus, native to the steppes of Asia


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