Giraffa
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
