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Term for a camel travelling at a rate of knots? (4,2,3,6)

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ship of the desert

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(Other definitions for ship of the desert that I've seen before include "an apparently marine creature" , "form of transport" , "floating across the sand?" , "dusty Land Cruiser" , "Camel (poetic)" .)

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