camelopard noun. ['kamɪlǝ(ʊ)pɑ:d, kǝ'mɛlǝpɑ:d] Also (now only in sense 2) in Latin forms camelopardalis [kǝmɛlǝ'pɑ:d(ǝ)lɪs], camelopardus [kǝmɛlǝ'pɑ:dǝs]. LME.
[Latin camelopardus, -pardalis from Greek kamēlopardalis, from kamēlos (see CAMEL) + pardalis (see PARD noun¹).]
1. A giraffe. arch. LME.

2. (Camelopard.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere between the polestar and Perseus; the Giraffe. M18.

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