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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Italian
Origin: giraffa, from Arabic zirafah

giraffe

 noun
     
giraffe
Related topics: Animals
gi‧raffe [countable]
HBA a tall African animal with a very long neck and legs and dark spots on its yellow-brown fur
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