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 Definitions of Giraffe  [ʒəˈræf;]  

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Definition of 'Giraffe' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) giraffe
a tall, long-necked, spotted ruminant, Giraffa camelopardalis, of Africa: the tallest living quadruped animal.

Etymology:  (1585–95; < F girafe < It giraffa < dial. Ar zirāfah)

Definition of 'Giraffe' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'Giraffe' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) giraffe
a tall African animal with a very long neck


Definition of 'Giraffe' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Giraffe
an African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs


Translation of 'Giraffe' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an African animal with a very long neck, long legs and spots.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kameelperd Arabic flag Arabic: زرافَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: жираф
Brazilian flag Brazilian: girafa Czech flag Czech: žirafa German flag German: die Giraffe
Danish flag Danish: giraf Greek flag Greek: καμηλοπάρδαλη Spanish flag Spanish: jirafa
Estonian flag Estonian: kaelkirjak Farsi flag Farsi: زرافه Finnish flag Finnish: kirahvi
French flag French: girafe Hebrew flag Hebrew: ג'רפה Hindi flag Hindi: जिराफ
Croatian flag Croatian: žirafa Hungarian flag Hungarian: zsiráf Indonesian flag Indonesian: jerapah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gíraffi Italian flag Italian: giraffa Japanese flag Japanese: きりん
Korean flag Korean: 기린 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žirafa Latvian flag Latvian: žirafe
Malay flag Malay: zirafah Dutch flag Dutch: giraf Norwegian flag Norwegian: sjiraff
Polish flag Polish: żyrafa Persian flag Persian: زرافه Pashto flag Pashto: زرافه، ېوډول افريقايى اوږ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: girafa Romanian flag Romanian: girafă Russian flag Russian: жираф(а)
Slovak flag Slovak: žirafa Slovenian flag Slovenian: žirafa Serbian flag Serbian: žirafa
Swedish flag Swedish: giraff Thai flag Thai: ยีราฟ Turkish flag Turkish: zürafa
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 長頸鹿 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жирафа Urdu flag Urdu: زرافہ، شترگاؤ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hươu cao cổ Chinese flag Chinese: 长颈鹿

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