bactrian camel

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   two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia

   SynonymsCamelus bactrianus

   Broadercamel

Questions about bactrian camel

What does bactrian camel mean?

bactrian camel means "two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia".

What is another word for bactrian camel?

Close synonyms include Camelus bactrianus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bactrian camel a common word?

bactrian camel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.