giraffe

Noun

Meaning

An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

camelopard Giraffa camelopardalis buffalo bison antelope animal cow deer elephant cattle boom bubble camel lofty bovine
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Antonyms

Renaissance woman sly fox good person nice person warmhearted person friendly person
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Hypernyms

animal ruminant

Hyponyms

okapi Okapia johnstoni

Phrases with the word

Nubian giraffe Congolese giraffe african giraffe beautiful giraffe giraffe cousin giraffe relative

Anagrams

riffage

Examples

A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just goes on giraffing. Robert Fulghum

No boys for me growing up! I was so skinny and tall. Everybody called me a giraffe. ... I had no boobs and no butt and nobody liked me, I was so lonely. All the boys would come to me and want advice because they wanted my friend. But nobody ever wanted me - high school was a very sad, lonely time. Izabel Goulart

Why didn't evolution make a giraffe good at carpentry so it could build a ladder? Karl Pilkington

You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream. Frank Zappa

You do not teach a giraffe to run. Bantu Proverb

God gave the giraffe a long neck so that He would not have to bend the palm tree. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

giraffa peralta Giraffa reticulata Giraffa tippelskirchi tippelskirchi giraffe bread giraffe cousin giraffe gazelle