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giraffe 音标拼音: [dʒɚ'æf] n. 长颈鹿,鹿豹座 长颈鹿,鹿豹座 giraffe n 1: tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa [ synonym: { giraffe}, { camelopard}, { Giraffa camelopardalis}] giraffe \ gi* raffe"\ ( j[ i^]* r[ a^] f"; 277), n. [ F. girafe, Sp. girafa, from Ar. zur[= a] fa, zar[= a] fa.] ( Zool.) An African ruminant ({ Giraffa camelopardalis} formerly { Camelopardalis giraffa}) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family ({ Giraffidae}) by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of quadriped 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. There are three types, having different patterns of spots on the pelt and different territories: the { Reticulated Giraffe}, the { Masai Giraffe}, and the { Uganda Giraffe}. Intermediate crosses are also observed. [ 1913 Webster PJC]
Camelopard \ Ca* mel" o* pard\ ( k[. a]* m[ e^] l"[- o]* p[ aum] rd or k[ a^] m"[ e^] l*[- o]* p[ aum] rd; 277), n. [ LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. kamhlopa` rdalis; ka` mhlos a camel pa` rdalis pard, leopard: cf. F. cam[' e] lopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See { Camel}, and { Pard}.] ( Zool.) An African ruminant; the { giraffe}. See { Giraffe}. [ 1913 Webster] 33 Moby Thesaurus words for " giraffe": Cape elk, Virginia deer, antelope, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eland, elk, fallow deer, fawn, gazelle, gnu, hart, hartebeest, hind, kaama, moose, mule deer, musk deer, okapi, red deer, reindeer, roe, roe deer, roebuck, springbok, stag, wildebeest |
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