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# giraffe

noun (a giraffe, giraffes or giraffe)

«giraffe» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A giraffe is a very tall African animal with a very long neck, long legs and a coat with brown patches. It is the tallest animal on land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on adaptation the giraffe's long neck helps it reach leaves high in trees; it has a long dark tongue. In stories and zoos it is a favourite animal. Phrases: «a tall giraffe», «a baby giraffe (a calf)», «a herd/tower of giraffes».

### Examples

- The giraffe ate leaves from the top of the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/#x1)
- A giraffe is the tallest animal on land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/#x2)
- Giraffes have very long, dark tongues. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/#x3)
- Each giraffe has its own pattern of patches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/#x4)
- A baby giraffe is called a calf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/#x5)
- Giraffes sleep for only a short time each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/#x6)
- A giraffe has seven bones in its neck, just like we do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/#x7)
- The things that were missed were nothing much at first--a few little elephants, a hippopotamus or two, and some giraffes, and things like that. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: one «r», double «f»: g-i-r-a-f-f-e. Pronounced «juh-RAF». A group is a «tower» or «herd». Surprising fact: its neck has the same number of bones as a human's: seven.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «giraffe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giraffe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«giraffe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/giraffe.html) on Mova free.