/jeuh raf"/ or, esp. Brit., /-rahf"/ , n.
1. a tall, long-necked, spotted ruminant, Giraffa camelopardalis, of Africa: the tallest living quadruped animal.
2. ( cap. ) Astron. the constellation Camelopardalis.
[ 1585-95; girafe giraffa zirafah, perh.
zurnapa ]