dromedaryとは

語源

From Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedarius (“kind of camel”), from Classical Latin dromas, dromadis, from Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race course”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɒm.ə.də.ɹi/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑmədeɹɪ/

名詞

dromedary (複数形 dromedaries)

1. Camelus dromedarius, the single-humped camel.
2. Any swift riding camel.

同意語

• Arabian camel
• dromedary camel
• Camelus aegyptiacus Friedrich August Rudolph Kolenati, 1847
• Camelus africanus Gloger, 1841
• Camelus arabicus Charles Desmoulins, 1823
• Camelus dromas Peter Simon Pallas, 1811
• Camelus dromos Kerr, 1792
• Camelus ferus Falk,1786
• Camelus lukius Kolenati, 1847
• Camelus polytrichus Kolenati, 1847
• Camelus turcomanichus Johann Fischer von Waldheim, 1829
• Camelus vulgaris Kolenati, 1847

等位語

• (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña

関連する語

• ship of the desert

参考

• dromedary on Wikipedia.
• Dromedary in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.