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giraffe

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gi·raffe  (j-rf)
n. pl. gi·raffes or giraffe
An African ruminant mammal (Giraffa camelopardalis) having a very long neck and legs, a tan coat with orange-brown to black blotches, and short horns. It is the tallest land animal, often reaching a height of 5 meters (16 1/2 feet), and feeds principally by browsing in the tree canopy of wooded grasslands.

[French girafe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic dialectal zirfa, probably of African origin.]

gi·raffish adj.

giraffe [dʒɪˈrɑːf -ˈræf]
n pl -raffes, -raffe
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, inhabiting savannas of tropical Africa: the tallest mammal, with very long legs and neck and a colouring of regular reddish-brown patches on a beige ground: family Giraffidae
[from Italian giraffa, from Arabic zarāfah, probably of African origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.giraffegiraffe - tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
genus Giraffa, Giraffa - type genus of the Giraffidae
okapi, Okapia johnstoni - similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs

giraffe noun
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collective noun herd
Translations
giraffe [dʒɪˈrɑːf] N (giraffes or giraffe (pl)) → jirafa f

giraffe [dʒɪˈrɑːf] ngirafe f

giraffe
nGiraffe f

giraffe [dʒɪˈrɑːf] ngiraffa
giraffe [dʒɪˈrɑːf] ngiraffa

giraffe
n giraffe [dʒiˈraːf]
an African animal with a very long neck, long legs and spots. kameelperd زرافَه жираф žirafa giraf die Giraffe καμηλοπάρδαλη jirafa kaelkirjak زرافه kirahvi girafe ג'רפה जिराफ žirafa zsiráf jerapah gíraffi giraffa きりん 기린 žirafa žirafe zirafah giraf sjiraff żyrafa girafa girafă жираф(а) žirafa žirafa žirafa giraff ยีราฟ zürafa 長頸鹿 жирафа زرافہ، شترگاؤ hươu cao cổ 颈鹿

giraffe is spelt with one r and two f s.


giraffe زرافة žirafa giraf Giraffe καμηλοπάρδαλη jirafa kirahvi girafe žirafa giraffa キリン 기린 giraf sjiraff żyrafa girafa жираф giraff ยีราฟ zürafa hươu cao cổ 长颈鹿


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By some extraordinary chance the ball struck it full on the back of the neck, shattering the spinal column, and that giraffe went rolling head over heels just like a rabbit.
The Mylodon, moreover, was furnished with a long extensile tongue like that of the giraffe, which, by one of those beautiful provisions of nature, thus reaches with the aid of its long neck its leafy food.
And never having been anywhere in the world but in Africa, Nantucket, and the pagan harbors most frequented by whalemen; and having now led for many years the bold life of the fishery in the ships of owners uncommonly heedful of what manner of men they shipped; daggoo retained all his barbaric virtues, and erect as a giraffe, moved about the decks in all the pomp of six feet five in his socks.
 
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