giraffe

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa

Borrowed from Middle French giraffe, from Italian giraffa. Displaced camelopard.

With him is a giraffe. — The Man Upstairs and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
‘Think of Giraffe,’ said the Ethiopian. — Just so stories, Rudyard Kipling
The giraffe is a native of Africa. — McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey

camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis

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