giraffe — meaning in English
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English meaning
- giraffe noun A tall African mammal with an extremely long neck and legs and a patchy, spotted coat, the tallest living land animal.
Senses
giraffe is used for these senses in English:
- giraffe A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.
giraffe — full definition
- noun A tall African mammal with an extremely long neck and legs and a patchy, spotted coat, the tallest living land animal.
- noun Informal: a person who is unusually tall.