Camels. (Word Corner).One hump hump (hump) a rounded eminence. dowager's hump popular name for dorsal kyphosis caused by multiple wedge fractures of the thoracic vertebrae seen in osteoporosis. or two humps? The Bactrian Bac·tri·an adj. Of or relating to Bactria or its people, language, or culture. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Bactria. 2. camel has two humps, and the Dromedary dromedary: see camel. dromedary able to cover a hundred miles in one day. [Medieval Animal Symbolism: White, 80–81] See : Endurance one. Bactria was an ancient country in central Asia, named after the modern village of Balkh in Afghanistan. Dromedary is from the Greek dromos (runner), from which we also get hippodrome, aerodrome, and perhaps less obviously, palindrome palindrome: see anagram. . Palindrome is from the Greek for 'running back again' and is a word (or phrase) like 'A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!' that reads the same backwards as forwards. Still confused about the number of humps? Imagine each initial letter on its side: |
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