giraffe

 
Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈrɑːf, -ˈraf/

noun (plural or giraffes)

  • a large African mammal with a very long neck and forelegs, having a coat patterned with brown patches separated by lighter lines. It is the tallest living animal.
    • Giraffa camelopardalis, family Giraffidae

Origin:

late 16th century: from French girafe, Italian giraffa, or Spanish and Portuguese girafa, based on Arabic zarāfa. The animal was known in Europe in the medieval period, and isolated instances of names for it based on the Arabic are recorded in Middle English, when it was commonly called the camelopard

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a giraffe reaching for fruit.