dromedary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia
    Camelus dromedarius; Arabian camel.

WordNet

Drom"e*da*ry noun
Etymology
F. dromadaire, LL. dromedarius, fr. L. dromas (sc. camelus), fr. Gr. running, from , used as aor. of to run; cf. Skr. dram to run.
Wordforms
plural Dromedaries
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps. ✍ In Arabia and Egypt the name is restricted to the better breeds of this species of camel. See Deloul.

Webster 1913