(n.) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicu–a, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).
(n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted.
Example Sentences:
(1) Results show that camel alpha-lactalbumin has 123 residues and a molecular mass of 14.6 kDa.
(2) The Palestinian Bedouin family live in Az-Zayyem, inside Area C, farming goats and camels for milk.
(3) Bactrian camels (63 female female, 8 male male) were used in the breeding season to determine the factors that will induce ovulation.
(4) The ultrastructure of the sebaceous gland of the camel is generally similar to that of other animals.
(5) The experiment was performed using two young male camels which weighed 24 and 36 kg respectively at birth.
(6) That was the straw that broke the camel's back and we thought it better to stop it dead in it tracks now.
(7) It is concluded that this myogenic vasoactive mechanism is a major factor in the control of blood flow in the facial area of the camel during heat stress.
(8) Hemoglobin from an adult camel (Camelus dromedarius) was prepared from the red cell lysate by CM- and DEAE-cellulose chromatography.
(9) The milk samples were collected from 20 individual camels (Camelus dromedarius) in two different occasions.
(10) Hydatid cysts were collected from camels, horses, oxen and sheep in various geographical locations.
(11) He went on to publish several short-story collections, including A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard, set in Morocco and with an underlying theme of kif smoking.
(12) A milk protein, occurring in the whey fraction, has been characterized from camel milk.
(13) The camel milk LP was bacteriostatic against the Gram-positive strains and was bactericidal against Gram-negative cultures.
(14) Of the animal species examined, hydatid disease was found in sheep (11.4 per cent), goats (26.5 per cent), cattle (14.7 per cent) and camels (55.5 per cent).
(15) The melanocyte-stimulating and lipolytic activities of these four camel melanotropins have been investigated by in vitro assay procedures.
(16) This article surveys the literature on the pharmacology, toxicity and therapeutic uses of some antiparasitic and antibacterial drugs and central nervous system depressants commonly used in the camel.
(17) The unfairly maligned camel is a model of sleek, practical and elegant design compared with the clumsy creature the coalition has produced.
(18) Sera from 2,630 apparently normal adult camels (Camelus dromedarius) raised in central Saudi Arabia (Riyadh and Al-Kharj cities) were examined serologically by the Rose Bengal and standard United States of America Brucella plate agglutination tests.
(19) Across this relatively peaceful corner of the Horn of Africa, where black-headed sheep scamper among the thorn bushes, dainty gerenuk balance on their hind legs to nibble from hardy shrubs, and skinny camels wearing rough-hewn bells lumber over rocky slopes, people long accustomed to a harsh environment find they cannot cope after years of below-average rainfall.
(20) There is a cyclical pattern of motility in compartments 1 and 2 of the forestomach of the camel which can be categorized into A- and B-contractions.