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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn vocabulary
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camelopard
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tags: [archaic] [zoology]
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Definition:a giraffe.According to recent research giraffes make stertorous vocalizations... but only at night (I would call it snoring).
photo: by Mélody P, CC0, https://unsplash.com/photos/nSgrDTT0nWgsound recording: by Anton Baotic, https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-015-1394-3licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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I see nothing but a tumultuous mob of idiots and madmen, who are busy in prostrating themselves before a gigantic cameleopard, and endeavoring to obtain a kiss of the animal's hoofs. See! the beast has very justly kicked one of the rabble over—and another—and another—and another. Indeed, I cannot help admiring the animal for the excellent use he is making of his feet."
Edgar Allan Poe. Four Beasts in One - The Homo-Cameleopard
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Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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we are much more likely to presume upon our judgment respecting proportions here, we are very apt to assert that the plesiosaurus and camelopard have necks too long, that the turnspit has legs too short, and the elephant a body too ponderous.
John Ruskin. Modern Painters, volume 2 of 5
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