dromedary
noun
drom·e·dary
| \ ˈdrä-mə-ˌder-ē
also ˈdrə-, -ˌde-rē\
also ˈdrə-, -ˌde-rē\
plural dromedaries
Definition of dromedary
: the one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius) currently existing only as a domestic or feral animal
… it was only the introduction of the dromedary to North Africa about the second century A.D. that made feasible in terms of costs and risks regular caravan trade from one rim of the Western Sahara to the other.— Ross E. Dunn
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In another breakthrough in crossbreeding, in the 1990s scientists bred a llama — a relative of the camel — and a dromedary, resulting in a beast called the cama. — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, "How Many Humps on a Camel? In Kazakhstan, It’s Complicated," 1 Sep. 2019 Greek, Turkish, and Arab camel drivers from the Eastern Mediterranean who have arrived in America with a boatload of dromedaries, which are the first of their kind to set foot on the continent since their progenitors died out in the last Ice Age. — Francisco Cantú, The New Yorker, "Téa Obreht Reimagines the Western," 12 Aug. 2019 Code enforcement officials were unaware a neighbor had camels until a broadcast report showed a grainy photo of the dromedaries on the 13-acre estate. — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, "Orange County decides: goats are a no go in residential neighborhoods," 12 June 2019 And 900 miles almost due south, Timbuktu, in Mali, from which, beginning in the 8th century, caravans as large as 20,000 dromedaries made their way north laden with gold, slaves, ivory, and salt. — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, "T&C Travel: Best of Morocco," 30 Mar. 2015 Traffic speeds east and west three or four lanes wide beside the narrowest of shoulders, while on abutting sidewalks, pedestrians are encountered as rarely as dromedaries trudging across empty stretches of Sahara. — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, "Fly On, My Sleek Electric Bird," 30 May 2018 The camels, one-humped dromedaries, used in these races can reach speeds of up to 40 miles per hour along designated tracks. — National Geographic, "See the Ancient Tradition of Camel Racing From Above," 11 May 2018 One of the rounds struck the one-humped dromedary above the eye, said Robert Ringo, who runs the center. — Samantha Matsumoto, OregonLive.com, "Lottery results: Winning numbers drawn for Lucky Lines, Megabucks and Win for Life," 10 July 2017 At the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, during restoration work on diorama figures of lions, a dromedary, and its turbaned rider, a CT scan of the rider’s head revealed a human skull complete with actual teeth. — National Geographic, "150-year-old Diorama Surprises Scientists With Human Remains," 29 Jan. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dromedary.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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dromedary
noun
English Language Learners Definition of dromedary
: a camel of western Asia and northern Africa that has one hump on its back
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dromedary
noun
drom·e·dary
| \ ˈdrä-mə-ˌder-ē
\
\
plural dromedaries
Kids Definition of dromedary
: the camel of western Asia and northern Africa that has only one hump