giraffe

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun An African ruminant mammal (Giraffa camelopardalis) having a very long neck and legs, a tan coat with orange-brown to black blotches, and short horns. It is the tallest land animal, often reaching a height of 5 meters (16 feet).

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Same as giraffe-fever.
• noun The camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis or Camelopardalis giraffa, a ruminant animal inhabiting various parts of Africa, and constituting the only species of its genus and family.
• noun [capitalized] The constellation Camelopardalis.
• noun In mining, a car of peculiar construction, used in the mines on the Comstock lode, to run on the inclines.
• noun A kind of upright spinet, used toward the end of the eighteenth century.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Zoöl.) An African ruminant (Giraffa camelopardalis formerly Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family (Giraffidae) by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of quadriped animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs. There are three types, having different patterns of spots on the pelt and different territories: the Reticulated Giraffe, the Masai Giraffe, and the Uganda Giraffe. Intermediate crosses are also observed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns.
• noun Cockney rhyming slang A laugh.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa