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Bactrian camel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈbæktɹɪən ˈkæməl/
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  • rhymes with -æməl

1

noun

Meaning 1

The camel with two humps, Camelus bactrianus, native to the steppes of Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Camelus bactrianus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: camel

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: эки ӧркӧштӱ тӧӧ (eki örköštü töö) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Arabic: فَالِج (fālij) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Arabic: جَمَل ذُو سَنَامَيْن (jamal ḏū sanāmayn) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Belarusian: бактрыян (baktryjan) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Belarusian: двухгорбы вярблюд (dvuxhórby vjarbljud) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Bulgarian: двугърба камила (dvugǎrba kamila) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Catalan: camell bactrià — Camelus bactrianus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雙峰駱駝 /双峰骆驼 (shuāngfēng luòtuo) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Dutch: kameel — Camelus bactrianus
  • Faroese: kamelur — Camelus bactrianus
  • Finnish: kaksikyttyräinen kameli — Camelus bactrianus
  • French: chameau de Bactriane — Camelus bactrianus
  • Galician: camelo bactriano — Camelus bactrianus
  • Georgian: ორკუზიანი აქლემი (orḳuziani aklemi) — Camelus bactrianus
  • German: Trampeltier — Camelus bactrianus
  • Greek: βακτριανή (vaktrianí) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Hungarian: kétpúpú teve — Camelus bactrianus
  • Hungarian: baktrián — Camelus bactrianus
  • Icelandic: kameldýr — Camelus bactrianus
  • Irish: camall Baictriach — Camelus bactrianus
  • Japanese: フタコブラクダ (futakoburakuda) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Kazakh: айыр (aiyr) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Khmer: អូដ្ឋបូកពីរ (ʼout bouk pii) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Korean: 쌍봉낙타 (ssangbongnakta) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Mongolian: монгол тэмээ (mongol temee) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Norwegian: kamel — Camelus bactrianus
  • Norwegian: baktriakamel — Camelus bactrianus
  • Pashto: اري (ari) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Pashto: باختري اوښ (bâxtëri uẍ) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Persian: الوانه (alvâne) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Persian: شتر بلخی (šotor-e balxi) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Polish: baktrian — Camelus bactrianus
  • Polish: wielbłąd dwugarbny — Camelus bactrianus
  • Portuguese: camelo bactriano — Camelus bactrianus
  • Romanian: bactriană — Camelus bactrianus
  • Romanian: cămilă bactriană — Camelus bactrianus
  • Russian: бактриа́н (baktrián) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Russian: двуго́рбый верблю́д (dvugórbyj verbljúd) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Spanish: camello bactriano — Camelus bactrianus
  • Turkish: bakteryan — Camelus bactrianus
  • Turkish: çift hörgüçlü deve — Camelus bactrianus
  • Turkmen: bugra — Camelus bactrianus
  • Turkmen: aýry — Camelus bactrianus
  • Ukrainian: бактріа́н (baktrián) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Ukrainian: двого́рбий верблю́д (dvohórbyj verbljúd) — Camelus bactrianus
  • Vietnamese: lạc đà hai bướu — Camelus bactrianus