dromedário
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See also: dromedario
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Latin *dromadārius, from dromas, dromadis (“dromedary”) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting agents of use).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: dro‧me‧dá‧ri‧o
Noun
dromedário m (plural dromedários)
Coordinate terms
- (Camelids) camelídeo; camelo (dromedário, camelo-bactriano), lhama／lama, guanaco, alpaca, vicunha (Category: pt:Camelids)