giraffidadj.n.
/dʒɪˈrafɪd/ A. adj.
Belonging to the family Giraffidæ; like or resembling a giraffe.
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1945 G. G. Simpson Princ. Classif. Mammals iii. 266/2 The giraffid resemblance seems to be the result of..common ancestry.
1968 C. A. Spinage Bk. of Giraffe ii. 28 It [sc. an animal in a rock painting] is walking with a giraffid gait.
B. n.
A member of the family Giraffidæ.
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1889 in Cent. Dict. Giraffid, one of the Giraffidæ; a camelopard.
1945 G. G. Simpson Princ. Classif. Mammals iii. 268/2 The giraffids..are a distinctive and fairly compact family unit.
1965 M. H. Day Guide to Fossil Man iii. 120 The fossil mammalian fauna..includes..several bovids and giraffids.
1968 C. A. Spinage Bk. of Giraffe i. 15 The earliest giraffid appeared in the Miocene.
Derivatives
giˈraffine adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Giraffidae > [adjective]
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giraffine1901
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Giraffidae > [adjective] > like a giraffe
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giraffine1901
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1901 Proc. Zool. Soc. 2 280 [The skull] showed itself to be that of a Giraffine animal, and not that of a Bovine.
giˈraffine n.
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1902 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 623 The African Okapi..is a giraffine, horned in the male.
giˈraffoid adj. and n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Giraffidae > [adjective]
giraffoid1891
giraffine1901
giraffid1945
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Giraffidae > [adjective] > like a giraffe
giraffoid1891
giraffine1901
giraffid1945
1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals ix. 332 A gradual diminution..can be traced from the more Giraffoid to the more Bovoid forms.
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