camelopard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
    giraffe; Giraffa camelopardalis.

WordNet

Ca*mel"o*pard noun
Etymology
LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. a camel + 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.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

Webster 1913