Giraffa
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See also: giraffa
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Italian, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa)
Proper noun[edit]
Giraffa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – the giraffes.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Ruminantia - suborder; Giraffidae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Giraffa camelopardalis (giraffe, northern giraffe), Giraffa giraffa (southern giraffe), Giraffa reticulata (reticulated giraffe), Giraffa tippelskirchi (Masai giraffe) (species)
Further reading[edit]
Giraffe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Giraffa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Giraffa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
