Drȯm'e-da-ry, n.

(drŭm'e-der-y̆) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. dromadaire, Pr. dromadari, dromedari, dromodari, Sp., Pg., & It. dromedario, Late Lat. dromedarius, Lat. dromas (sc. camelus), fr. Gr. δρομάς, running, from δραμεῖν, τρέχειν, to run.] (Zoöl.) A species of camel (C. dromedarius), called also the Arabian camel, having one bunch or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two bunches.