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giraffe
/d͡ʒəˈɹæf/
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What does giraffe mean?
noun
- A ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in the form of a network, and two or more horn-like projections called ossicones; the tallest living animal.
- A giraffe unicycle.
- (slang) A laugh.
More meanings (2)
noun
- A very tall individual.
- (derogatory) A very tall woman.
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IPA pronunciation
/d͡ʒəˈɹæf/
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It is from this cause, as Sir S. Baker remarks, that no animal is more difficult to stalk than the giraffe.
One hastens to Southern Africa to chase the giraffe; but surely that is not the game he would be after.
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But all along his train there was nobody that could be a disguised Flambeau, any more than a cat could be a disguised giraffe.
Of other game there seemed to be a fair supply: impalla, hartebeeste, zebra, eland, buffalo, wart-hog, sing-sing, and giraffe we had seen.
A very good sportsman named Johann Schmidt, a Bavarian who died in my service when in Africa, killed two lions in the act of attacking a giraffe.