giraffe (redirected from giraffes)

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.

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

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gi·raffish adj.

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giraffe

Noun

a cud-chewing African mammal with a very long neck and long legs and a spotted yellowy skin [Arabic zarāfah]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

giraffe - tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis 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

Translations

giraffe [dʒɪˈrɑːf] n → jirafa

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giraffe [dʒɪˈrɑːf] n → girafe f

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giraffe [dʒɪˈrɑːf] n → Giraffe f

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giraffe [dʒɪˈrɑːf] n → giraffa

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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 长颈鹿

giraffe is spelt with one r and two f s.