Definition of Giraffa camelopardalis

1. Noun. Tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa.

Exact synonyms: Camelopard, Giraffe
Generic synonyms: Ruminant
Group relationships: Genus Giraffa, Giraffa
Specialized synonyms: Okapi, Okapia Johnstoni

Lexicographical Neighbors of Giraffa Camelopardalis

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Cabato
Giovanni Cimabue
Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Giovanni da Verrazano
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Giovanni de Medici
Giovanni di Bernardone
Gipsy
Giraffa
Giraffa camelopardalis (current term)
Giraffidae
Girard
Girard's reagent
Giraudoux
Girawa
Girdlestone
Girdlestone procedure
Gire
Girgenti
Giriama
Girl Guide
Girl Guides
Girl Scout
Girl Scouts

Literary usage of Giraffa camelopardalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Skull of a large male Giraffa. Camelopardalis Giraffa. The horns are modelled. 966. Skull of a female Giraffa. Camelopardalis Giraffa. Hunterian. Mus. ..."

2. The Geography of Mammals by William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater (1899)
"The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is distributed over the greater part of ... The Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis typica) which is met with in ..."

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