Giraffe Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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As the animal grew from dog sized to horse sized to giraffe sized and eventually to enormous proportions, its place in the ecosystem shifted at each stage.

From Science Daily

What he found instead was a girl about his age, his height, feeding a giraffe.

From Literature

Sam could see that you climbed up the giraffe and slid down its long neck, and that it would probably be a whole lot of fun.

From Literature

It didn’t rain cats and dogs; it rained cows and horses … lions and tigers … boy, it rained elephants and giraffes!

From Literature

He sketched impossible hybrids: elephant/mouse, giraffe/pig, chameleon/boy.

From Literature