Camelopardalis

Latin camelopardalis (“giraffe”), from Ancient Greek

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1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – corresponding to Giraffa.

• Camelopardalidae
• Camelopardidae

•   Giraffa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Giraffa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Giraffa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “Camelopardalis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but probably created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin camēlopardalis (“a camelopard, giraffe”).

Camelopardalis

1. (astronomy) A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.

Camelopardalis ?

1. (astronomy) Camelopardalis (constellation)