camelopard

名词 camelopard:

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

ca.mel.o.pard

n.（名词）
A giraffe.
长颈鹿
Heraldry A bearing resembling a giraffe but represented with long, curved horns.
【纹章学】 带长弯角的长颈鹿图案：一种象长颈鹿但带有长而曲的触角的图案

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Medieval Latin camôlopardus
源自 中世纪拉丁语 camôlopardus
from Latin camôlopardalis
源自 拉丁语 camôlopardalis
from Greek kamôlopardalis
源自 希腊语 kamôlopardalis
kamôlos [camel] * see camel
kamôlos [骆驼] *参见 camel
pardalis [pard (so called because the giraffe has a head like a camel`s and the spots of a leopard)]
pardalis [豹（所以如此称呼，是因为长颈鹿头部象骆驼而身上的斑点象豹子）]