Sentence example with the word 'dromedary'

dromedary

antelope, camel, deerlet, elephant, gazelle, hartebeest, kaama, mule, ox, roe, springbok, sumpter mule

Definition n. one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia

Last update: October 2, 2015


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The " Endeavour " then coasted northward, and after passing and naming Mount Dromedary, the Pigeon House, Point Upright, Cape St George and Red Point, Botany Bay was discovered on the 28th of April 1770, and as it appeared to offer a suitable anchorage, the " Endeavour " entered the bay and dropped anchor.   [Please select]

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Hekekyan-Bey discovered the bones of a dromedary in a deep bore.   [Please select]

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The Dromedary, or Arabian camel, is altogether more widely distributed, and better known to the world.   [Please select]

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The dromedary attains to a speed which the Arab compares to the speed of the wind.   [Please select]

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We must keep him in sight, however, for he is as fleet as a dromedary.   [Please select]

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"Oh, I'm the dromedary; don't you see the hump on my back."'   [Please select]

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For two hours the dromedary swung forward, keeping the trot steadily and the line due east.   [Please select]

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The dromedary has long and deservedly been called "the Ship of the Desert."   [Please select]

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"A chicken," cried the Pasha fiercely; "more like a dromedary."   [Please select]

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It is also seen occasionally in Arabia and other countries; but in these it is rare, the dromedary taking its place for all purposes required by man.   [Please select]

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He muttered his thanks, took leave of his host, and went off on his dromedary to the capital where the ceremony was to take place.   [Please select]

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