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camel is a common noun.  Its 2 syllables, cam el, are pronounced KAM el.  There are 5 definitions.

Definition 1 is:  A large Asiatic or African quadruped ruminant with a humped back, capable of subsisting long without water, used for carrying burdens and for riding.  There are two species, the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), often called the dromedary, having one hump, and the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), having two.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

They are peculiarly adapted for life in the desert, being able to live on the tough thorny plants of such regions, and having thick callous soles to the feet, the hoofs being small and situated at the ends of the two toes.  They can go several days without drinking, having cavities, or diverticula of the stomach closed by sphincter muscles, in which a supply of water may be stored up.  Source:  Webster's New International Dictionary

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Asia is a proper noun.  The only definition is:  The largest continent of the world (17,057,666 square miles; population, circa 1940, 900,000,000).  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

Africa is a proper noun.  The only definition is:  A continent of the eastern hemisphere; the second largest continent; 11,513,479 square miles; population, circa 1940, 170,000,000.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

quadruped as an adjective.  The only definition is:  Having four feet.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

ruminant as a noun.  The only definition is:  One of the Ruminantia, an animal, as a deer, antelope, sheep, goat, or ox, that has a stomach with four complete cavities -- (1) the rumen, (2) the reticulum, (3) the manyplies (omasum psalterium), and (4) the reed or abomasum -- the food received into the first being returned to the mouth, chewed over again and swallowed, and digested in the other compartments.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

Definition 2 is:  A color ranging from yellowish tan to yellowish brown.  Source:  Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

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yellow as a noun.  Definition 1 of 5 is:  The color of the spectrum between green and orange, similar to that of brass or gold, extending from wave-length .590 to .533 micron, especially that as far as .580.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

tan as a noun.  Definition 2 of 5 is:  Yellowish brown tinged with red.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

brown as a noun.  The only definition is:  A dark color, shading toward red, yellow, or black, as the color of faded leaves; also, a pigment or dye used to produce it; a thing or part that is brown.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

Definition 3 is:  A buoyant water-tight contrivance for lifting wrecks, et cetera.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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buoyant is an adjective.  Definition 1 of 2 is:  Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

water-tight is an adjective.  The only definition is:  So closely made that water can not pass through.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

contrivance is a noun.  Definition 1 of 2 is:  The act of contriving or adapting something to a special purpose.  Definition 2 is:  An artifice; stratagem; device.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

wreck as a noun.  Definition 1 of 4 is:  The act of wrecking, or the state of being wrecked.  (1) Shipwreck.  (2) The ruin of anything, especially if effected violently.  Definition 2 of 4 is:  That which as been wrecked or ruined, as a vessel or an army.  Definition 3 of 4 is:  Wreckage; especially, in law, property cast upon land by the sea, either broken portions of a wrecked vessel or cargo from it.  Definition 4 of 4 is:  Same as WRACK¹.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

Definition 4 is:  The proper noun brand-name of packaged cigarettes, manufactured by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

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brand as a noun.  Part of definition 2 of 6 is:  trade-mark.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

cigaret or cigarette are nouns.  The only definition is:  A small roll of finely cut tobacco in thin paper or tobacco-leaf; also, a similar roll with medicinal filling as, a cigaret of cubebs.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

carton is a noun.  Definition 1 of 3 is:  A pasteboard box; pasteboard.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

Joe Camel is a noun.  The only definition is:  (definition pending)

Camel Turkish Gold is a proper noun brand-name.  The only definition is:  An exotic variation of Camel's Turkish & Domestic Blend.  Source:  YAHOO! INTERNET LIFE, 2000 JULY

Definition 5, in skating is:  A spin done in an arabesque position. Also called a camel spin.  Source:  Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

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The singular possessive of camel is:  camel's.  The plural of camel is:  camels.  The plural possessive of camels is:  camels'

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