Meaning of allocamelus | Babel Free

Definitions

A fictional animal, apparently based on early reports of llamas, which has the head of an ass or mule and the body of a camel.

Examples

“THE ALLOCAMELUS is a Beast of Peru; it is about two Yards high, and about five Feet in length : His Head, Neck, and Ears, are like a Mule's; but his Neck as white as a Swan's, his other Parts of a yellowish Colour: His Body is like a Camel, […]”

“There were many wondrous Arainian beasts in these groves: star-spotted pantheons, allocameli like donkey-eared dromedaries, the trogodryces whose antlers grow down rather than up, the argasills that resembled antelopes but for their[…]”

“By late afternoon, Van's lower back and inner thighs ached from riding on the allocamelus for so long. The bindings on her wrists had turned them raw and bloody. The grandfather clock Van had seen in Uxa's office haunted her every[…] Jorie's anger flared, and she released an animalistic growl so guttural it upset the allocameli tied to the trees. Some of them let out rapid, high-pitched shrieks and struggled against their binds. Others stomped their front hooves and[…]”

“Blythe was ahead of them all, keeping pace with Silas and one of the allocameluses he was leading. As she tied up her curls, she observed the two. There was really nothing else to look at, and she couldn't exactly converse with her[…]”

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