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Definition[1]

camara : [m.] the yak ox (in the Himalayan regions). || cāmara (nt.) a chowrie; the tail of the yak used as a whisk.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Camara [Deriv. unknown, probably non -- Aryan. Sk. camara] 1. the Yak ox (Bos grunniens) J i.149; iii.18, 375; v.416; Miln 365. -- f. -- ī J i.20; Sdhp 621. -- In cpds. camari˚ J iv.256. -- 2. a kind of antelope ( -- ī) J vi.537.
   -- vījanī (f.) a chowry (the bushy tail of the Yak made into a brush to drive away flies) Vin ii.130. This is one of the royal ensigns (see kakudhabhaṇḍa & cp. vāla -- vījanī).

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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