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1. camels

   A camel (from: Latin: camelus and Greek: κάμηλος (kamēlos) from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל gāmāl.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food (milk and meat) and textiles (fiber and felt from hair). Camels are working animals especially suited to their desert habitat and are a vital means of transport for passengers and cargo. There are three surviving species of camel. The one-humped dromedary makes up 94% of the world's camel population, and the two-humped Bactrian camel makes up 6%. The Wild Bactrian camel is a separate species and is now critically endangered. The word camel is also used informally in a wider sense, where the more correct term is "camelid", to include all seven species of the family Camelidae: the true camels (the above three species), along with the "New World" camelids: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuña, which belong to the separate tribe Lamini. Camelids originated in North America during the Eocene, with the ancestor of modern camels, Paracamelus, migrating across the Bering land bridge into Asia during the late Miocene, around 6 million years ago.

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1. camels

   All large ships are built, at St. Petersburg, in a dockyard off the Granite Quay, where the water is shallow; therefore a number of camels or caissons are kept at Cronstadt, for the purpose of carrying them down the river. Camels are hollow cases of wood, constructed in two halves, so as to embrace the keel, and lay hold of the hull of a ship on both sides. They are first filled with water and sunk, in order to be fixed on. The water is then pumped out, when the vessel gradually rises, and the process is continued until the ship is enabled to pass over the shoal. Similar camels were used at Rotterdam about 1690.

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1. mascle

2. mescal

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of camels in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of camels in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of camels in a Sentence

1. Jeff Lowe:

   Were relocating approximately 200 cats and 200 other species -- camels, zebras, monkeys, wolves, bears, emus, itll be a full-blown zoo. Im stoked about getting down there.

2. Alfred Galik:

   Camels are alien species in Europe and Austria, [and] the town of Tulln is closely situated to the large river/stream of the Danube.

3. Tariq Madani:

   Coming into close contact with the nasal secretions of camels is a major risk factor, the main transmission is actually human to human.

4. Joe Lewis:

   I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

5. Jeremy Morris:

   Jeremy Morris also uses the Christmas display to raise money for the families of cancer patients as well as a local organization that helps homeless children. It seems to me the homeowners association has a legitimate concern about crowds and traffic and livestock. But I suspect this has more to do with Christianity than camels. I live in the United States.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camels
2. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
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