Tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa.
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1 The tallest giraffe in the world has just died at the Zoo.
2 Zoos could design new giraffe facilities, but many don't have that option.
3 The great giraffe seal of pink jade was also displayed to advantage.
4 The horns of the giraffe are very short and covered with skin.
5 This process insured that there was no escape route for the giraffe .
1 A milk-white elephant or a camelopard is considered more than a substitute for character, incident, or wit.
2 Have you heard of the live camelopard , "twelve foot high, if he is an inch, ma'am?"
3 Pig-weed has become camelopard weed.
4 Then she rose with dignity, and walked like a camelopard all down the room on the side opposite to Mr. Oldfield.
5 Call on Professor Owen and ask if he wants anything in the four jars I still possess, of either rhinoceros, camelopard , etc., etc.
6 Several of the Syrians have already been devoured; but the general voice of the four-footed patriots seems to be for eating up the camelopard .
7 It reminded me at once of the camelopard , high before and low behind,-andno wonder, for, like it, it is fitted to browse on trees.
8 Before us stood, with their heads lifted high up, a troop of eighteen or twenty giraffes, or camelopards .
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