麒麟 — meaning in English

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.
• unicorn noun A mythical horse-like creature with a single horn growing from its forehead.

Senses

麒麟 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.
• qilin A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.

giraffe — full definition

1. noun A tall African mammal with an extremely long neck and legs and a patchy, spotted coat, the tallest living land animal.
2. noun Informal: a person who is unusually tall.

unicorn — full definition

1. noun A mythical horse-like creature with a single horn growing from its forehead.
2. noun A privately held startup company valued at over one billion dollars.
3. noun Someone or something so rare that it's almost impossible to find.

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