giraffe, camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis
(noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
Source: WordNet® 3.1
camelopard (plural camelopards)
(archaic) A giraffe.
• giraffe
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*mel"o*pard, n. Etym: [LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. camélopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
