Camelidae

Translingual

Camelus dromedarius

Etymology

Camelus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Camelidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – camelids: camels, llamas, alpacas, guanacos, and vicuñas.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Tylopoda - suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Camelus, Lama, Vicugna, †Alforjas, †Blancocamelus, †Hemiauchenia, †Palaeolama, †Pliauchenia, †Procamelus - genera

Translations

taxonomic family

• Greek: καμηλίδες f pl (kamilídes)
• Swahili: familia ya ngamia

References

• Camelidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Camelidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Camelidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Camelidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Camelidae at AnimalBase
• Camelidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Camelidae in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈmeː.li.dae̯/, [käˈmeːlʲɪd̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.li.de/, [käˈmɛːlid̪e]

Proper noun

Camēlidae f pl (genitive Camēlidārum); first declension

1. a group of two islands of the Aegean Sea

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Camēlidae
genitive	Camēlidārum
dative	Camēlidīs
accusative	Camēlidās
ablative	Camēlidīs
vocative	Camēlidae

References

• Camelidae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.