駱駝(らくだ)

らくだ
noun
camel
1. camel
A large mammal with one or two humps on its back, adapted to desert conditions. Used for transportation and carrying goods.
砂漠(さばく)で駱駝(らくだ)に乗(の)りました。
I rode a camel in the desert.
駱駝(らくだ)は水(みず)なしで長(なが)く生(い)きられます。
Camels can survive for a long time without water.
駱駝(らくだ)の瘤(こぶ)には脂肪(しぼう)が蓄(たくわ)えられています。
Fat is stored in the camel's hump.
駱駝(らくだ)は砂漠(さばく)の暑(あつ)さにも寒(さむ)さにも強(つよ)い動物(どうぶつ)です。
Camels are animals that can withstand both the heat and cold of the desert.
昔(むかし)の商人(しょうにん)たちは駱駝(らくだ)に荷物(にもつ)を載(の)せて砂漠(さばく)を渡(わた)り、シルクロードを通(とお)って東(ひがし)と西(にし)の国々(くにぐに)を結(むす)んでいた。
Merchants of old loaded their goods onto camels and crossed the desert, connecting the countries of East and West through the Silk Road.

駱駝(らくだ) - the kanji is complex and often written in katakana (ラクダ) or hiragana.

Types of camels:

  • 一瘤駱駝(ひとこぶらくだ) - dromedary (one hump), found in Arabia and Africa
  • 二瘤駱駝(ふたこぶらくだ) - Bactrian camel (two humps), found in Central Asia

Camel adaptations:

  • Can go weeks without water
  • Humps store fat (not water) for energy
  • Wide feet for walking on sand
  • Can close nostrils during sandstorms

Historically important for Silk Road trade.

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