giraffe
/dʒɪˈrɑːf/noun
(复同单或 giraffes)
1- 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.长颈鹿。
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- Giraffa camelopardalis, family Giraffidae.拉丁名Giraffa camelopardalis,长颈鹿科。
词源
late 16th cent.: 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.