Camelopardalis
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See also: camelopardalis
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin camelopardalis (“giraffe”), from Ancient Greek
Proper noun[edit]
Camelopardalis f
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – corresponding to Giraffa.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Camelopardalis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but probably created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin camēlopardalis (“a camelopard, giraffe”).
Proper noun[edit]
Camelopardalis
- (astronomy) A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.
Translations[edit]
constellation
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Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Camelopardalis ?
- (astronomy) Camelopardalis (constellation)
Categories:
- Translingual terms derived from Latin
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
- Translingual terms with obsolete senses
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- mul:Taxonomic names (obsolete)
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Constellations
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Constellations