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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
camelopard
    n 1: tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small
         horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical
         Africa [syn: giraffe, camelopard, Giraffa
         camelopardalis]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Camelopard \Ca*mel"o*pard\ (k[.a]*m[e^]l"[-o]*p[aum]rd or
   k[a^]m"[e^]l*[-o]*p[aum]rd; 277), n. [LL. camelopardus, L.
   camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. kamhlopa`rdalis;
   ka`mhlos a camel + pa`rdalis pard, leopard: cf. F.
   cam['e]lopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a
   camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard.]
   (Zool.)
   An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.
   [1913 Webster]

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