A Bactrian camel, a long-necked mammal with two large humps on its back. Depicted in light or yellowish brown, sometimes with a shaggy mane and humps, in full profile on all fours facing left.
Not to be confused with ? Camel (dromedary), though their applications generally overlap.
May be used in association with deserts, the Middle East and Central Asia, and Wednesday (Hump Day).
Samsung’s design features a camel with a shaggy head of hair and slight smile. Google’s design previously featured a blanket on its back, as for transport.
Two-Hump Camel was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name “Bactrian Camel” and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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? Bactrian camel