different between camel vs ostrich

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæm?l/
• Rhymes: -æm?l
• Hyphenation: ca?mel

Etymology 1

From Middle English camel, through Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin cam?lus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kám?los), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic ?????? (jamal) and Hebrew ???? (gamál).

Noun

camel (plural camels)

1. A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.

   Synonym: (India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) oont

2. A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).

3. Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.

Coordinate terms

• (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña ^{(Category: en:Camelids)}

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Coeur d'Alene: keemel

Translations

See also

Adjective

camel (not comparable)

1. Of a light brown color like that of a camel.
   • 1999, New Woman, volume 29, page 212:

     […] try to select accessories that are in the same color family as your coat," says millinery designer Patricia Underwood. To pick up the weave of a brown tweed jacket, for instance, choose a camel hat and black gloves.

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans kameel

Noun

camel (plural camels)

2. (South Africa, obsolete) Synonym of giraffe

Further reading

• camel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Malec, calme, macle

Middle English

Alternative forms

• camelle, kamel, kamell, camell, cammel, camayle, camaile, camaille, cameylle, camele
• (From Central Old French) chamel, chamayle, schamelle, chamelle, chamell, chamoil

Etymology

From Old Northern French camel, cameil, from Latin cam?lus. Some forms are from or influenced by Old French chamel, chamoil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kam?l/, /kam???l/, /kam??i?l/
• (From Central Old French) IPA^(key): /?t?am?l/, /t?am???l/, /t?am??i?l/

Noun

camel (plural cameles)

1. camel (mammal of the genus Camelus)

Descendants

• English: camel
• Scots: camel

References

• “cam??l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-1.

Old French

Etymology

See chamel.

Noun

camel m (oblique plural cameus, nominative singular cameus, nominative plural camel)

1. (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) camel

Tocharian B

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Tocharian A cmol.

Noun

camel ?

1. birth

English

Etymology

From Middle English ostrich, ostriche, ostryche, ostrige, borrowed from Anglo-Norman ostrige and Old French ostruce, from Vulgar Latin *austruthio, from Latin avis (“bird”) + str?thi? (“ostrich”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (strouthí?n), or shortened from str?thiocam?lus, from Ancient Greek ??????????????? (strouthiokám?los), from ???????? (strouthós, “sparrow”) + ??????? (kám?los, “camel”). Compare Spanish avestruz and Portuguese avestruz.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s.t??t??/, /??s.t??d??/; enPR: ?s'tr?ch, ?s'tr?j
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s.t??t??/, /??s.t??t??/, /??s.t??d??/, /??s.t??d??/; enPR: ôs'tr?ch, ?s'tr?ch, ôs'tr?j, ?s'tr?j

Noun

ostrich (plural ostriches)

1. (ornithology) A large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) native to Africa.
2. (figuratively) One who buries one's head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems.
3. (golf) The hypothetical completion of a hole five strokes under par (a quintuple birdie, quadruple eagle, triple albatross, or double condor).

Coordinate terms

(golf):

• buzzard
• bogey
• par
• birdie
• eagle
• albatross
• condor

Derived terms

• American ostrich (Rhea americana)
• Arabian ostrich (†Struthio camelus syriacus)
• Asian ostrich (†Struthio asiaticus)
• Barbary ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus)
• black-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
• blue-necked ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)
• Cape ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
• common ostrich (Struthio camelus)
• East African ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus)
• Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus)
• North African ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus)
• ostrichlike
• ostrich politics
• ostrichism
• pink-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus)
• red-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus)
• Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)
• South African ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
• southern ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
• Syrian ostrich (†Struthio camelus syriacus)

Translations

See also

• cassowary
• emu
• kiwi
• nandu
• rhea
• tinamou

Further reading

• ostrich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Christo-, chorist, rhotics

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ostriche, ostryche, ostrige

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ostrige and Old French ostruce, from Vulgar Latin *austr?thi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??strit?/, /??strid?/

Noun

ostrich (plural ostriches)

1. ostrich (Struthio camelus)
2. (rare) A goblet made of an ostrich egg.
3. (rare, heraldry) A heraldic image of an ostrich.

Descendants

• English: ostrich
• Scots: ostriche (obsolete)
• ? Welsh: estrys

References

• “ostrich(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-4.