CAMEL

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from Greek kamēlos, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew gāmāl ~ Date: before 12th century either of two large ruminant mammals (genus Camelus ) used as draft and saddle animals in desert regions especially of Africa and Asia:, the one-humped ~ ( C. dromedarius ) extant only as a domestic or feral animal, the 2-humped ~ ( C. bactrianus syn. C. ferus ) of Chinese Turkestan and Mongolia, a watertight structure used especially to lift submerged ships, a light yellowish brown