"ship of the desert" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ships of the desert [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ships of the desert}} ship of the desert (plural ships of the desert)
  1. (figurative) A camel. Tags: figuratively Categories (lifeform): Camelids Translations (Translations): سَفِينَةُ الصَّحْرَاء (safīnatu ṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), erämaalaiva (Finnish), vaisseau du désert [masculine] (French), Wüstenschiff [neuter] (German), סְפִינַת הַמִדְבָּר (sfinat hamidbar) [feminine] (Hebrew), 砂漠の船 (sabaku no fune) (Japanese), okręt pustyni [masculine] (Polish), corabie a deșertului [feminine] (Romanian)

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