Camelopard

Ca‐mel″o‐pard (kȧ‐mĕl″ō̍‐pärd or kăm″ĕl‐ō̍‐pärd; 277), n. [LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. καμηλοπάρδαλισ; κάμηλοσ a camel + πάρδαλισ pard, leopard: cf. F. camélopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard.] (Zoöl.) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.