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Camelidae. Camelids are members of the biological family Camelidae, the only currently living family in the suborder Tylopoda. The seven extant members of this group are: dromedary camels, Bactrian camels, wild Bactrian camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos. Camelids are even-toed ungulates classified in the order Artiodactyla, along ...
Foot binding. Foot binding ( simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú ), or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known as lotus feet and the shoes made for them were known as lotus shoes.
The Bactrian camel shares the genus Camelus with the dromedary (C. dromedarius) and the wild Bactrian camel (C. ferus).The Bactrian camel belongs to the family Camelidae. [1] [5] The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle was the first European to describe the camels: In his 4th century BCE History of Animals he identified the one-humped Arabian camel and the two-humped Bactrian camel.
The silhouette is designed with openings between the straps to provide plenty of ventilation, but, given the closed toe, the shoes can also easily be paired with socks for extra coverage. In true ...
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A camel (from Latin: camelus and Greek: κάμηλος ( kamēlos) from Ancient Semitic: gāmāl[ 7][ 8]) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food ( camel milk and meat) and textiles (fiber and felt ...
Camel toe, or cameltoe, is slang for the outline of the labia majora (the outer lips of the vulva) in tightly fitting clothes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Owing to a combination of anatomical factors and the fabric tension in the crotch area, the outer labia and mons pubis may, together, display a shape resembling the forefoot of a camel .
Titanotylopus is an extinct genus of camel (tribe Camelini ), endemic to North America from the late Hemphillian stage of the Miocene through the Irvingtonian stage of the Pleistocene. [ 2] It was one of the last surviving North American camels; after its extinction, only Camelops remained. Its name is derived from the Greek words Τιτάν ...