Camelopardalis Definition
kə-mĕlō-pärdl-ĭs
noun
A N constellation between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia; the Giraffe.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(astronomy) A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.
Wiktionary
Origin of Camelopardalis
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First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but probably created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin camēlopardalis (“a camelopard, giraffe”).
From Wiktionary
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Latin camēlopardalis camelopard camelopard
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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