giraffe

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

gir·affe [giraffe giraffes] BrE [dʒəˈrɑːf] NAmE [dʒəˈræf] noun (pl. gir·affeor gir·affes)
a tall African animal with a very long neck, long legs, and dark marks on its coat

Word Origin:
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.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis