giraffe
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a tall, long-necked, spotted ruminant, Giraffa camelopardalis, of Africa: the tallest living quadruped animal.
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Astronomy. Giraffe, the constellation Camelopardalis.
noun
Etymology
Origin of giraffe
First recorded in 1585–95; from French girafe, from Italian giraffa, from dialectal Arabic zirāfah; further origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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As the animal grew from dog sized to horse sized to giraffe sized and eventually to enormous proportions, its place in the ecosystem shifted at each stage.
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What he found instead was a girl about his age, his height, feeding a giraffe.
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Sam could see that you climbed up the giraffe and slid down its long neck, and that it would probably be a whole lot of fun.
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It didn’t rain cats and dogs; it rained cows and horses … lions and tigers … boy, it rained elephants and giraffes!
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He sketched impossible hybrids: elephant/mouse, giraffe/pig, chameleon/boy.
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