ABSP: Words - Tylopods

Science & Tech > Mammals > Tylopods

Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.

alpaca	a domestic animal related to the LLAMA; a cloth made from its long silky wool. [Sp. from Quechua].
camel	a large, humped mammal.
camelid	an animal of the camel family.
cameloid	(a member) of the camel family > CAMELOIDS.
cria	the offspring of a llama.
dromedare	(Spenser) a dromedary.
dromedary	the Arabian camel, having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps.
guanaco huanaco	a South American mammal allied to the llama. Pl. GUANACOS, HUANACOS.
llama	a S. American cud-chewing mammal which belongs to the same family as camels but is smaller and humpless.
oont	(military slang) a camel > OONTS.
paco	an alpaca > PACOS. [Sp. f. Quechua pako red, reddish yellow].
tylopod	a section of the ungulates with padded toes, including camels and llamas.
vicugna vicuna	a wild wool-bearing llama-like animal of the Andes. [Sp. f. Quechua wikúña].

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