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Webster 1913 Edition

Dromedary

Drom′e-da-ry

(drŭm′ē̍-dā̍-ry̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Dromedaries
(-rĭz)
.
[F.
dromadaire
, LL.
dromedarius
, fr. L.
dromas
(sc.
camelus
), fr. Gr.
δρομάσ
running, from
δραμεῖν
, used as aor. of
τρέχειν
to run; cf. Skr.
dram
to run.]
(Zool.)
The Arabian camel (
Camelus dromedarius
), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the
Bactrian camel
, which has two humps.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dromedary

DROMEDARY

,
Noun.
[Gr., perhaps from swiftness, running.] A species of camel, called also the Arabian camel, with one bunch or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two bunches. It has four callous protuberances on the fore legs, and two on the hind ones. It is a common beast of burden in Egypt, Syria, and the neighboring countries.

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