kameelperd

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kameelpaard, from Latin camelopardus, possibly reanalyzed as kameel (“camel”) +‎ perd (“horse”) through folk etymology.

Pronunciation
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Noun

kameelperd (plural kameelperde)

  1. giraffe
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