Definition of giraffe in English:
giraffe
nounPlural giraffes dʒɪˈrafdʒɪˈrɑːfdʒəˈræf
A large African mammal with a very long neck and forelegs, having a coat patterned with brown patches separated by lighter lines. It is the tallest living animal.
Giraffa camelopardalis, family Giraffidae
- The hippos snorted, the rhinos dozed and the giraffes nervously darted about as the hammer fell yesterday at Africa's largest wild animal auction.
- Our fathers used to hunt giraffes, water-bucks and antelopes and eat their meet.
- While at a Kenyan beach resort last month they decided to return to the Maasai Mara animal reserves to see animals such as giraffes, lions and elephants.
- A good idea is to board the little train which encircles the zoo enclosure and allows you to see the giraffes, hippos, zebra, camels and rhinos.
- The zoo offices were once the airport club house and the old hangers are now used as the living area of a giraffe and the Indian elephants.
- Okapis and giraffes are very different in their ecology and behavior.
- As for the movie scenario, what if several zebras, hippos, giraffes, and lions were introduced to the island?
- These animals include giraffes, penguins, macaques, bonobos, and geese.
- The preserve is home to elephants, giraffes, zebra, and various species of antelope and monkey.
- The geophone is capable of tracking not only elephants, but also other large mammals, including giraffes and lions.
- The first deer and giraffes also appear, along with the first hyenas.
- Imagine all of these scholars bringing exotic animals like giraffes back from distant lands to London and people gawking at them.
- The roads and pathways are lined with sculpted, totem-like lamp-posts in the shape of equine beasts, including giraffes, horses or deer.
- The long neck of the giraffe and the short neck of the hippopotamus are both explained by the theory.
- Long-necked giraffes and camels have the same seven neck bones as do short-necked mice and men.
- The desire to reach higher leaves led to longer necks, and later on, the giraffes ' offspring inherited that physical trait.
- There are 1,000 animals, including tigers, giraffes, even rhinos.
- Imagine a world without giraffes, zebras and antelope, except locked in cages for the paying public.
- But Madagascar's landscape may not be a bad fit for lions, giraffes, zebras, and hippos.
- It's been observed in many other bird species besides parrots and macaws, as well as elephants, macaques, giraffes, rhinos and chimpanzees.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French girafe, Italian giraffa, or Spanish and Portuguese girafa, based on Arabic zarāfa. The animal was known in Europe in the medieval period, and isolated instances of names for it based on the Arabic are recorded in Middle English, when it was commonly called the camelopard.
The giraffe was known in Europe in the medieval period, but people then called it the camelopard (see camel). The modern name is from Arabic zarāfa.
Rhymes
barf, behalf, calf, chaff, coif, Graf, graph, half, laugh, scarf, scrum half, staff, strafe, wing half
Definition of giraffe in US English:
giraffe
noundʒəˈræfjəˈraf
1A large African mammal with a very long neck and forelegs, having a coat patterned with brown patches separated by lighter lines. It is the tallest living animal.
Giraffa camelopardalis, family Giraffidae
- Long-necked giraffes and camels have the same seven neck bones as do short-necked mice and men.
- The long neck of the giraffe and the short neck of the hippopotamus are both explained by the theory.
- Okapis and giraffes are very different in their ecology and behavior.
- While at a Kenyan beach resort last month they decided to return to the Maasai Mara animal reserves to see animals such as giraffes, lions and elephants.
- The desire to reach higher leaves led to longer necks, and later on, the giraffes ' offspring inherited that physical trait.
- Imagine all of these scholars bringing exotic animals like giraffes back from distant lands to London and people gawking at them.
- The hippos snorted, the rhinos dozed and the giraffes nervously darted about as the hammer fell yesterday at Africa's largest wild animal auction.
- Imagine a world without giraffes, zebras and antelope, except locked in cages for the paying public.
- As for the movie scenario, what if several zebras, hippos, giraffes, and lions were introduced to the island?
- A good idea is to board the little train which encircles the zoo enclosure and allows you to see the giraffes, hippos, zebra, camels and rhinos.
- The geophone is capable of tracking not only elephants, but also other large mammals, including giraffes and lions.
- It's been observed in many other bird species besides parrots and macaws, as well as elephants, macaques, giraffes, rhinos and chimpanzees.
- These animals include giraffes, penguins, macaques, bonobos, and geese.
- The roads and pathways are lined with sculpted, totem-like lamp-posts in the shape of equine beasts, including giraffes, horses or deer.
- Our fathers used to hunt giraffes, water-bucks and antelopes and eat their meet.
- The first deer and giraffes also appear, along with the first hyenas.
- The zoo offices were once the airport club house and the old hangers are now used as the living area of a giraffe and the Indian elephants.
- But Madagascar's landscape may not be a bad fit for lions, giraffes, zebras, and hippos.
- There are 1,000 animals, including tigers, giraffes, even rhinos.
- The preserve is home to elephants, giraffes, zebra, and various species of antelope and monkey.
- 1.1the Giraffe The constellation Camelopardalis.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French girafe, Italian giraffa, or Spanish and Portuguese girafa, based on Arabic zarāfa. The animal was known in Europe in the medieval period, and isolated instances of names for it based on the Arabic are recorded in Middle English, when it was commonly called the camelopard.