camélido

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Camelidae, from Latin camelus (“camel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmelido/ [kaˈme.li.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -elido
• Syllabification: ca‧mé‧li‧do

Noun

camélido m (plural camélidos)

1. camelid

Hyponyms

• (Camelids) camélido; camello (dromedario, camello bactriano), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuña ^{(Category: es:Camelids)}

Further reading

• “camélido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16