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• Dromedary (band) — Dromedary Origin Athens, Georgia, U.S.A. Genres world music Instruments Appalachian dulcimer, charango, cümbüs, guitar, mandolin, etc …   Wikipedia

• Dromedary naiad — Dromus dromas Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Dromedary Glacier — (78°18′S 163°10′E / 78.3°S 163.167°E / 78.3; 163.167) is a small alpine glacier occupying a high cirque on the east side of Mount Dromedary in the Royal Society Range. Named …   Wikipedia

• dromedary — [dräm′ə der΄ē] n. pl. dromedaries [ME dromedarie < OFr dromedaire < LL(Ec) dromedarius (camelus), dromedary (camel) < L dromas, dromedary (+ arius, ARY) < Gr dromas, dromos, a runner, running < dramein, to run < IE * drem <… …   English World dictionary

• Dromedary — Drom e*da*ry (dr[u^]m [ e]*d[asl]*r[y^]), n.; pl. {Dromedaries} ( r[i^]z). [F. dromadaire, LL. dromedarius, fr. L. dromas (sc. camelus), fr. Gr. droma s running, from dramei^n, used as aor. of tre chein to run; cf. Skr. dram to run.] (Zo[ o]l.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dromedary — late 13c., from O.Fr. dromedaire, from L.L. dromedarius kind of camel, from L. dromas (gen. dromados), from Gk. dromas kamelos running camel, from dromos a race course, from PIE *drem , from possible base *der to run, walk, step (Cf. Skt. dramati …   Etymology dictionary

• dromedary — ► NOUN (pl. dromedaries) ▪ an Arabian camel, with one hump. ORIGIN from Latin dromedarius camelus swift camel , from Greek dromas runner …   English terms dictionary

• Dromedary — For the world music group, see Dromedary (band). Life Dromedary camel Conservation status Domesticated …   Wikipedia

• Dromedary Bag — A method of holding water in the outdoors is with the use of the Dromedary Bag. Backpackers carry dromedary bags in areas where water is not readily available or is not clean enough to drink. Dromedary bags are useful when traveling through the… …   Wikipedia

• Dromedary Hills — The Dromedary Hills are an area of morainic drift hills in section 28, Little Elk Township in Todd County, Minnesota. These hills were named for their rounded outlines, like a camel s hump. The Dromedary Hills are one of only two hills or… …   Wikipedia

• dromedary hump — a bulge on the lateral surface of a kidney (usually the left), resembling the hump of a dromedary camel, seen in persons whose spleen or liver presses down …   Medical dictionary