camelus bactrianus

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   two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia

   SynonymsBactrian camel

   Broadercamel

Questions about camelus bactrianus

What does camelus bactrianus mean?

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

What is another word for camelus bactrianus?

Close synonyms include Bactrian camel. 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 camelus bactrianus a common word?

camelus bactrianus 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.