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giraffid, a. and n.|dʒɪˈræfɪd|
[f. giraffe + -id3.]
A. adj. Belonging to the family Giraffidæ; like or resembling a giraffe.
B. n. A member of the family Giraffidæ. So giˈraffine, giˈraffoid a. and n.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1891Flower & Lydekker Introd. Stud. Mammals ix. 332 A gradual diminution..can be traced from the more Giraffoid to the more Bovoid forms. 1901Proc. Zool. Soc. II. 280 [The skull] showed itself to be that of a Giraffine animal, and not that of a Bovine. 1902Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 623 The African Okapi..is a giraffine, horned in the male. 1945G. G. Simpson Princ. Class. Mammals iii. 266/2 The giraffid resemblance seems to be the result of..common ancestry. Ibid. 268/2 The giraffids..are a distinctive and fairly compact family unit. 1965M. H. Day Guide to Fossil Man iii. 120 The fossil mammalian fauna..includes..several bovids and giraffids. 1968C. A. Spinage Bk. of Giraffe i. 15 The earliest giraffid appeared in the Miocene. Ibid. ii. 28 It [sc. an animal in a rock painting] is walking with a giraffid gait. |