Definition of giraffe in English:




    • ‘The geophone is capable of tracking not only elephants, but also other large mammals, including giraffes and lions.’
    • ‘As for the movie scenario, what if several zebras, hippos, giraffes, and lions were introduced to the island?’
    • ‘But Madagascar's landscape may not be a bad fit for lions, giraffes, zebras, and hippos.’
    • ‘These animals include giraffes, penguins, macaques, bonobos, and geese.’
    • ‘The first deer and giraffes also appear, along with the first hyenas.’
    • ‘The long neck of the giraffe and the short neck of the hippopotamus are both explained by the theory.’
    • ‘Imagine all of these scholars bringing exotic animals like giraffes back from distant lands to London and people gawking at them.’
    • ‘The desire to reach higher leaves led to longer necks, and later on, the giraffes ' offspring inherited that physical trait.’
    • ‘There are 1,000 animals, including tigers, giraffes, even rhinos.’
    • ‘The preserve is home to elephants, giraffes, zebra, and various species of antelope and monkey.’
    • ‘Our fathers used to hunt giraffes, water-bucks and antelopes and eat their meet.’
    • ‘Okapis and giraffes are very different in their ecology and behavior.’
    • ‘Imagine a world without giraffes, zebras and antelope, except locked in cages for the paying public.’
    • ‘Long-necked giraffes and camels have the same seven neck bones as do short-necked mice and men.’
    1. 1.1the Giraffe The constellation Camelopardalis.


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.