Etymology

Camelopardalis

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Today it means: A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe. Full definition →

Latin camēlopardalis
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  1. Latin · derived fromcamēlopardalis“a camelopard, giraffe”
  2. English todayCamelopardalis

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

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