giraffe

Meaning

Noun

• A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it 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.
• A giraffe unicycle.
• A laugh.

Related

Similar words

• camelopard
• (a laugh) bubble bath, bubble

Origin

• From French giraffe (now girafe), from Arabic زَرَافَة ("giraffe"); ultimately from Persian زُرنَاپَا, a compound of زُرنَا and پَا.